Witches: Truth Behind the Trials

  • Premiered: Sep 2024
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 5
  • Ended
  • National Geographic
  • Sunday at 21
  • Documentary History

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Season 1
1x1
America: Salem's Hunts and Hysteria
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 29, 2024
The most-famous witch trials of them all: Salem, Massachusetts.
1x2
Germany: The Witch Hunts Begin
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Air date
Sep 29, 2024
The trier witch trials and the origins of witch-hunting.
1x3
Scotland: The King and the Witches
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Air date
Oct 03, 2024
The story of the first major witch trials in Scotland and new expert analysis of King James VI of Scotland’s obsession with witchcraft.
1x4
England: The Witchfinder's Cruel Crusade
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Air date
Oct 03, 2024
Two self-appointed witch-hunters investigate and torture so-called witches in exchange for money during the turmoil of England’s Civil War.
1x5
Sweden: The Legend of Blåkulla
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 03, 2024
An event in Sweden in the 17th Century creates a hysteria driven by terrified parents convinced witches are abducting their children.
1x6 Show finale
Ireland: Possessed by the Devil
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Air date
Oct 03, 2024
Cinematic reconstruction, analysis and expert interviews tell the story of demonic possession, witch trials, and punishment 18th century Ireland.

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