Absolute History

The 9 Year-Old Who Accused Her Own Mother Of Witchcraft | Pendle Witch Trials (2019x10)

Air date: Apr 09, 2019

This is an extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl. Jennet Device, a beggar-girl from Pendle in Lancashire, was the star witness in 1612 in the trial of her own mother, her brother, her sister and many of her neighbours; thanks to her chilling testimony, they were all hanged.