Britain’s Last Witch: Helen Duncan, the Spiritualist Medium

When, in 1941, a medium reveled details of a disaster at sea, the sinking of the HMS Barham, that was supposed to be a secret, Britain tried her under the 1735 Witchcraft Act. The History Guy remembers Helen Duncan, who was the last person imprisoned in the United Kingdom for witchcraft.

Oct 30, 2019 | 10:54 | Tracy Douglas

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