Secret History: Witchfinder General

Record ID: 106327
  • Title: Secret History: Witchfinder General
  • Date: 20th June 2002
  • Summary: Documentary account,drawn from court records and testimonies,of how Matthew Hopkins and John Stern convicted hundreds of men,women and children of the crime of witchcraft in 1645 at the time of the English Civil War.
  • Description:The story of Matthew Hopkins,"Witchfinder General",who led a massive witch-hunt in Essex during the English Civil War.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:Unspecified
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:20/06/2002
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 2000s
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