The 9-Year-Old Responsible For The Execution Of Her Entire Family | The Pendle Witches | Timeline

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.
Although the events in this film may date back four hundred years, its issues resonate today as much as ever - when to believe our children, and how, in times of crisis, fear of evil can easily lead us to behave in ways which may corrode the very values that we most wish to protect.
Presented by Simon Armitage - poet, playwright and novelist - this film is peppered with his revealing insights into the characters’ emotional turmoil and cutting-edge use of animation, bringing this courtroom drama to life. Four hundred years on, the trial’s issues resonate as much as ever - when should we believe our children, and just how powerful can the fear of evil be?
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[@robertmellan4392]

W2

[@linneakiukka1661]

W2°

[@straytarnish9443]

The saying goes just cuz you ain't paranoid don't mean they ain't out to get you y'all said quote just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're out to get you

[@linneakiukka1661]

@@straytarnish9443 TOTALLY !

[@larrysmith3344]

george strait it aint cool people

[@JanineLANeville]

I read that some of the accused had very profitable peices of land which got seized by the law. How convenient.

[@bridgetsclama]

Mostly that happened during the Inquisition, not a localized area. Awful times for strong women.

[@seankarriker9653]

Maybe the aforementioned gray hound did it 😎 crazy fools

[@vanlo1178]

Oh I'm sure! I don't think the courts were that naive to this during the trials. It seems like it was a good way to get rid of people or your spouse.

[@stevecarl8696]

Same old same old

[@verneblestien315]

I live and grew up right in the heart of the Salem Massachusetts witch trial area. My conclusion of the trials here was a slave woman's tales from her homeland and some moldy rye led to 3 girls experiencing a bad trip. From that, it turned into a land grab.

[@zepherfire6790]

The animation adds a whole other layer of eerie to this sad, dark series of events.

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

Zepher Fire yep that was a clever touch.

[@paulanthony5274]

She looks like her out of The Ring.

[@HZ-fg9sf]

Love how they drew modern day parallels. Many times it is easy to judge events of the past but the same behaviors still persist now.

[@user-ng9sd2ni9h]

People have changed little. For change, you need to develop thinking, and this is not taught today. Civilization, culture of people is very often provided by external factors, rather than their internal development

[@HevahaB]

Brings chills to my body how so much changed but nothing really

[@PorgWitch]

She got her own family killed only to be accused of the same thing....Karma's a witch

[@zarasbazaar]

Jfc, she was 9 and coerced by adults.

[@Cynnas]

Karma doesn't actually work that was though. Karma is related to the accumulation of your actions throughout your life that influence your next life. It's not "instant", coincidence nor just dealing with the consequence of your actions during your life.

[@Dreabee83]

Actually, witch craft is based on a certain karma. The law of 3, whatever you put out will come back to you x3

[@isabella8208]

she was just a child.

[@ktcooki276]

Underrated comment!!😂😂

[@fatcat1399]

The subtle ghostly animations are so cool and add such a little spooky edge to it. 💜

[@RealAlaska907]

Janet 8/10 would still bang.

[@rachelrosen5501]

Not really. Its cheesy.

[@judyhenry9378]

-

[@timmydirtyrat6015]

SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS

[@bridittebargeot2679]

agreed, i like it too

[@Lilas.Duveteux]

Children would say anything that they think might please a caring authority.

[@tehreemkhurrum5884]

That is true.

[@thegamingwitch]

Also she could've been coerced like the Putnam girl from Salem

[@clockworkoregano]

Yes exactly! That or not understanding the consequences and having been in a fight with / upset over a punishment given by their parents, etc

[@GypsyGirl317]

@@clockworkoregano I agree. One of my friends had a daughter who created trouble for them and she later regretted it once she realised the consequences. 😔

[@Capohanf1]

REALLY?????? THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY SAY WHEN THE TRIAL IS OF A ACCUSED PEDIPHILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Iiwii11]

The witch hunt mentality is alive and well today. I think it’s gotten worse in recent years. The modern version often plays itself out on social media with sometimes devastating consequences.

[@TheStarBlack]

Really? Who has recently been executed for witchcraft?

[@Iiwii11]

@@TheStarBlack Don’t be an idiot.

[@maxputhoff1436]

@@TheStarBlack A great many people, mostly young women in places where AIDS is a huge problem. It still happens, just not in the US and the UK.

[@tttm99]

@@TheStarBlack key word from OP, echoing closing remarks of presenter: mentality 👍

[@stephenbrookes7268]

@@TheStarBlack Have you ever heard of the strawman fallacy? Often used to instigate witch hunts. Oh! Look at your comment! It's a strawman! I can almost see you with a torch and a pitch fork.

[@oliviaanderson4595]

I was born in Lancs and my mum and nana always said we were related to Alice Nutter. My great grandfather, who had dementia, would “escape” his care home and be found at Pendle Hill or on his way there every time. He would always say he belonged there and was going home. Sad and terrible outcomes for so many victims of the witch trials and amazing recap of what occurred and the machinations going on behind the scene.

[@insaneweasel1]

I hope you don't mind, but I'm curious as to where the last name nutter came from. Some of my friends in the UK use the term to describe someone who's a bit crazy.

[@missylamb8658]

How sad.

[@cortneyweaver296]

That's so cool

[@AnarchicKhajiit]

"I met a boy with cloven hooves, so I fought him." Makes sense.

[@nicoletrammell9575]

It's going to be my new excuse for lateness.

[@taneekasmith5782]

Yes

[@taneekasmith5782]

My favorite part

[@branthomas1621]

Could have been a leper with stubs

[@margeorgia6018]

I met a man with webbed feet and ot was real

[@IS-sl3dt]

I fell asleep watching this. Not that it was boring... But that his accent was weirdly soothing for me.

[@asteraceae3650]

isabella stewart I always sleep to a documentary at night

[@bloodraighna]

subliminal learning?

[@gone404]

Check out bigclivedotcom and TopTenz. I watch a lot of these for the "soothing" voices.

[@LucyBex27]

i was like half asleep in lesson time

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

Me too and the documentary becomes a part of my dream as I drift off. It's really weird.

[@donaldgrant9067]

This was a good way to keep the masses from attacking the rich and powerful. The King " It is not that I have all the money that is making you poor, it is these dam witches that is causing you to be poor."

[@caitlinmontgomery917]

I lived in Lancaster for a while (where these trials took place) and the whole vibe of the place felt off to me. Lots of older buildings felt haunted, and I'd hear/see odd things. Beautiful, but dark, town where you can totally feel the history.

[@ashleelarsen5002]

I lived in Palm Springs that place is super haunted. Thanks for sharing, your story was way more interesting :)

[@Basementjacks]

What odd and weird stuff did you see?

[@ashleelarsen5002]

@@Basementjacks in the desert of California??

[@ashleelarsen5002]

@@Basementjacks between all of the people you know died trying to cross the border, the meth addicts of Indio CA, and the half dead old people. The whole place feels like time stood still in the late 80s. Some people are still in the 1980's there too ...

[@daniellestevens2068]

Alice Nutter is one of my distant great grandmother I would really like to visit Lancaster

[@njneb]

so glad they felt obligated to interview a doctor to confirm that a stroke is not an act of witchcraft wow well done

[@justme-ee6cg]

And the doctor actually said she could have caused it by making his blood pressure rise after he heard her curse him 🤯

[@mystikbuttcrack4335]

And also- the chances go up that something is going to happen if you’re cursing everyone you’re mad at.

[@mdclkc911]

Right

[@Thor-Orion]

just me i think what the doctor was implying was that their interaction was more than simply him refusing her and she muttering a curse at him. They had some form of elevated verbal conflict.

[@lauratt7743]

No, they were asking him to confirm what medical issue the guy was experiencing

[@tommywiseau_]

when your mom takes away the xbox and you accuse her of being a witch in court...

[@shadesofblue4777]

😂

[@mornettepotgieter3034]

😂🤣😅

[@rebelscum8518]

Oh hai witchy mummy!!!!!

[@ccharms60]

💀💀💀😭😭😭😭good 1

[@BiancaShaw3]

🤣🤣🤣

[@carolinesant2283]

Why hasn’t this poet presented more programmes? Loved this one from beginning to end. The content, narration, animation, presentation, historians EVERYTHING. This is the type of quality programme our screens should be full of....... educating the masses. 😊

[@ladythalia227]

Don’t forget, witchcraft is still punishable by death in parts of the Middle East and Africa. This isn’t a thing of the past, which makes it even more chilling

[@traceeteeter9875]

Good point!

[@alethiacharis2480]

In Africa!!😱 Isn't that one country where they practice it the most? Like, I thought it was like their native religion 🤔

[@batfurs3001]

@@alethiacharis2480 Africa isn't a country, the countries within Africa vary wildly in their culture & laws. So could be that in one country it's still widely practiced, and in another it's illegal

[@anima6035]

@@alethiacharis2480 Africa is a continent containing 54 countries and an estimated 2000 languages (which is about 1/3 of the world's languages) 🙌

[@mawunyomorga8658]

@@anima6035 teach her . lots of ignorance...but she has made a good point

[@ashleypugh7364]

This documentary is really well made and animated.

[@j.t.319]

Ashley Pugh I know I was just admiring the artwork. It gives a very eerie atmosphere by the way it's drawn and animated.

[@lenkamakulova9456]

Ashley Pugh you bust be sexy

[@afrog2666]

That poet/host looks like he lives on the street ffs..

[@taneekasmith5782]

my dad last name is Pugh is grand mother Irish and Cherokee

[@badassboy8996]

U got 666 likes..,in 1612 u wud b a witch.!!!😱😵😋😂🤐👍✌️

[@septumfunk1530]

I came for the story and stayed for the animations

[@TheDragiix3]

other way around for me

[@runningbear-rg3bl]

Ditto

[@Ami_E_Bowen]

Ditto for me as well.

[@LemonMelonShork]

Same

[@dreamscott5913]

Then your purpose for being here is not right

[@Comoroo]

It’s crazy how people were accused of witchcraft with no evidence at all supporting their claims, & now people can publicly claim to be witches, & can not provide any evidence whatsoever to support their claims. 😂

[@benny4572]

@@ladythalia227"

[@1922Skidoo]

This is what happens when no Netflix are on 😁

[@heilamessy]

@@ladythalia227 what country of middle east?

[@asmaehezzam112]

@@ladythalia227 where did you get that information ? 😂

[@Strawberrynovacane]

They are still doing it

[@lalalager21lovelyjubbly77]

The only thing I can gather from the witchcraft trials is a convenient way to blame all the ills of life on innocent women

[@rickphoenix5638]

And take any property they own including real estate

[@LovelyGould]

Depending on geographical location, "Witch" was a gender-neutral term. It only started being associated with women when more present-day, prominent religions forbid witchcraft unless it was with the church and then after that, completely banned. The witch trials of many places were fueled on confronting deviant women of the societal standards who were subconsciously feared for knowing about the natural world (more commonly referred to today as science, physics, metaphysics, etc.).

[@nicholashodges201]

@12345grov the vast majority were men in most of Europe, it was in the Americas where it was mostly women targeted, but outside of the Massachusetts trial most weren't executed just driven off. Most witch trials were financially motivated by the accusers, as they would be given a portion of the accussed's estate while the rest was either divided up between church and state or pocketed outright by one. As far as most women accussed they were most often accursed by romantic rivals or their mother(or daughter)-in-law. We know this because the records were kept, along with folk recollection. Both the records and folk histories show that for every female witch executed 4-5 male witches were executed. Quit trying to learn history from glorified English professors and commies with an ax to grind, get your informal from actual historians

[@micahsaldana3625]

Men were also accused of Witchcraft, but sure lets conveniently ignore that.

[@micahsaldana3625]

@12345grov Have you ever wondered why everybody makes fun of people like you?

[@TippyPuddles]

So sad for the innocent people they hanged.

[@NoOne-xe2qf]

Do you feel the same way about slaves in Amerikkka?

[@MrNixtt]

@@NoOne-xe2qf why do you ask that? I'm sure she feels the same. Don't you ?

[@stephenabootman6051]

Nye. A thousand torturous deaths upon a pyre whilst locked into the Iron Maiden upon anyone convicted of high Treason against the King and God Almighty by means of vvytcherie

[@Wolf-nv4tx]

YES

[@Wolf-nv4tx]

They were not innocent - they were Catholics!

[@allisonshockley381]

This little boy eats some random berries, starts beating dogs with sticks, has some grand illusion of a barn that rains food, then tries to fight some dude on the road... ok.

[@MM-rz8hr]

Four words: don’t do drugs kids

[@healinggrounds19]

I think he ate shrooms not berries.

[@raymondpickering2209]

probably deadly night shade ,, looks like black currents ,, .. trip like hec if you only do a few ,,, .. i do bush craft ..

[@raymondpickering2209]

loadsa shrooms up pendle hill ,, and the area,, i live here,,, so probably shrooms or night shade.. loads o deadly night shade in the wooded areas and the road sides.. other local berrys are wind berrys.. but they are safe ,, loads of them.. all the way up from sabden down to clithero and along the top roads from newchurch..

[@smolbean9316]

Raymond Pickering oh thank you🐏😐😚🐙🐷😪🐱

[@gilmoreghoul8676]

I love the cartoon/drawings in this documentary so much. I thought it was incredible and than that happened. I love these documentaries so much.

[@rowboat8343]

My daughter is 9. Most of what comes out of her mouth is pure nonsense. I can't imagine what that poor little girl went through. The adults involved in this story are disgraceful to have used her this way.

[@joanneadahk124]

I agree the guilt she must have carried. Poor baby

[@mikeno8192]

The one who accused her family and neighbours was probably a psychopathic child…nothing suggests she was coerced or scared - except when her mother was angry at her

[@frockabyebabyshabbychic2611]

I’m sorry for your daughter that you see her that way. Let’s hope she never needs you on her side if you think she speaks only nonsense 😔

[@alexae1367]

@@frockabyebabyshabbychic2611 that was one of the most idiotic things I've heard in awhile. How old are you?

[@neila128]

51:50 "There was a village witch with a toad as her familiar, not an unfamiliar situation." I SAW WHAT YOU DID THERE, MADAM.

[@bb-ts1up]

She’s in another show called “myths and monsters” on Netflix

[@alanisriffe921]

If two witches had two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

[@noneofhourbusiness]

Haha, good one. I'll use that for my childrens reading 🤓

[@mariahwatson8929]

Alanis Riffe lol good one

[@BitterBetty76]

A 😂 same!

[@para-mentischannelbypiggsy4240]

Depends which watch was with which witch as this would affect what witch would watch which watch.

[@4yearsago592]

XDD

[@amandala00]

Very well done documentary. I love the use of cartoon imagery; it gives the viewers an eerie yet modern version of history. It's so ironic how Jennet had so many so-called "witches" (even her own family and neighbors), condemned and hanged yet she was able to escape the very own thing she started: child testimonials. I wonder why she turned on her family? Blackmail? Chance of a better life? Whatever it may be, she was lucky she didn't suffer the same fate...unless she had to stay imprisoned until she paid her debt. Great documentary, Timeline 🖤🔥

[@johannas.l.brushane2518]

I believe the fear of being associated with was seen condemnable. A similar way that happens in repressive societies where informants are encouraged and familymembers, neighbours, workmates are, maybe subconciously, driven to have to bring something to the table so to say, to prove themselves as of better moral quality and loyality than the one person being accused.

[@errollbrantley]

Would you like to have a drink g

[@jessicabarczewski1910]

I just read a story where King Charles 1 was accused as an infant of being a changling (a fairy that has disposed of the human baby and is now in the baby's place). It's amazing he grew up to be so skeptical when others around him thought he was a non human fairy.

[@caracopland710]

Not amazing- classic projection- ppl that lack the extremely important ability to ‘self reflect’ and live with a deluded notion of themselves PROJECT the more painful aspects of their True Self onto others that appear repulsive to them because their real self recognises the trait they deny- been recognised for centuries with the phrase- when you point at me there’s three fingers of your own pointing back at you! Amazing? A more basic gross and deceptive petty aspect of growing up-

[@HAngeli]

I like it because there are drawings! It really adds to the documentary! Well done!

[@BitterBetty76]

H Angeli they add a real creepy feeling to the story ...

[@Goodiesfanful]

H Angeli I like the drawings too. Nice touch.

[@azuredystopia3751]

I had already watched this on TV but I watched it again because it's an endlessly compelling subject, dark, and I have a crush on the narrator.

[@InkyPages]

Azure Dystopia He’s a wonderful poet & lovely in person.

[@arcaine3907]

I think I have a crush on him too :D

[@emmaismyname8197]

Lol 😂

[@conlaiarla]

Am l the only straight man blind to this appeal lol ?

[@CissyBrazil]

I love how this is presented. The animation add so much to the story!

[@mamamarianovits9029]

Poor little Janet. I've read comments suggesting that a child of 9 years would not only know, full well, what she was doing, but also knew the consequences of such. We must remember how impressionable children are. If she had been in the care of her family's hunter and prosecutor, as is suggested, then he would have had four months to impress his will upon her. And children, often being all too willing to please, may very well have seen this, her testimony, as her only way forward. I only suggest this is a possibility.

[@brentfarvors192]

She was threatened with hanging herself for the man's stroke, if she didn't testify against her family. Same exact under handed tactics the Police/DA use to this very day!

[@neenayannelli2334]

i think whats sad is either way, she had a death for herself. if she didn't say they were witches, she would die. she said it and years later they used that as a way to get her killed.

[@alexandrahenderson4368]

People really ignore human psychology.... The parts of our brain that are most easy to manipulate and comprehend consequences isn't fully developed until our early to mid 20s. Anything before that is literally fear mongering

[@glendabarton45barton48]

As well, apparently she felt a stranger to her family because she was an illegitimate child so she was sort of not one of them, maybe she felt like a stranger in a strange land and perhaps had no love for even her mother

[@astroemerald3175]

Children were little better than chattel, workhorse . Poor girl .

[@MrHarrytheJew]

37:14, his complete and utter confusion as to what kids do in parks “these days” 😂

[@RaccoonNation]

Can we be friends Harry?

[@amandamol9050]

It sounds like he never played in parks before. 😂

[@orandachildren1051]

@@amandamol9050 Cuz he's a witch.

[@GateauSupastar]

There aren't enough ads

[@gazepskotzs4]

ikr i needed a few more

[@FuneralRoses]

I too enjoy a good KZbin ad that lasts one hour and twelve minutes with no option to skip. TWICE. Or several ads of two to four minutes with no skip. But I'm not mad :)

[@KokosNaSnehu2]

One word my friends, AdBlock, get it.

[@GateauSupastar]

Daniel Bejsta I can't on my phone

[@lilacinsd]

Daniel Bejsta not good for musicians who have ads and make (some) money from it!

[@calanthiarose]

I just have to say....I don't know what I would do without this channel. I've always had an interest in history but where I live is very rural, somewhat remote but not terribly so. I don't have a way to get to a library anymore or anywhere really. So after finding this, I was just so, so happy. I must apologize as I thought I had already subscribed but I will now do so at once. Thank You again!!!

[@salpimienta10]

I love the story and the presenter is an excellent storyteller, very helpful for me learning the English language. the animations, the theme, the voice ... everything helps. thank you very much!

[@wallen5865]

15:40 I could listen to this guy tell stories all day long lol he is so animated and well spoken

[@jrubi5552]

Yes he is especially at 20:33..

[@RianHagebeuk]

Was looking for a comment stating something like this. The voice of the narrator is even soothing telling this horrifying story

[@timmydirtyrat6015]

"So a witch took you on a horse to a barn filled with 60 horses where they pulled on ropes that dropped great food and you ran away then you fought a centaur? Oh okay!"

[@jeremyhall2727]

Yeah he was crazy 😨

[@johngrindley169]

It was a Pan, a satyre, a Greek forest deity living in Britain Timmy, Anyway, they believed him, and why not, people will believe anything in those days. he had a great imagination though, give him his due.

[@jeremyhall2727]

@@johngrindley169 I always forget the name of these kind of people (satyres)

[@doctoruttley]

Typical Tuesday up here in Canada! 😂

[@rachaelstanley7986]

I wonder what the berries were? I bet my foraging group would have an idea.

[@Adennative]

Love, love the animations! The little girls facial expressions in the beginning is priceless it was very funny!

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[@Sunriru]

Can the app please be updated?

[@Master...deBater]

Hey...for a second I thought the thumbnail was of Greta Thunberg!!!

[@rudybeloney9385]

8k

[@Norannmcguire]

Omg I wouldn’t bring a child to that park

[@Norannmcguire]

It’s relivent today sadly in twenty twenty

[@dannycrockett9878]

Fascinating.....beautifully done, loved the sneaking in of some animations, that caused me to go back and watch again a time or two, and the the switching from off camera narration to on, and then even to other speakers, back again, etc.... Just a well done film.

[@devilwaverer]

Just realised... The actress doing the voice of the 9 yr old, Jennet Device, is the same actress who plays Lyanna Mormont in Game of Thrones LOL

[@parker6739]

She is also Mildred Hubble in the worst witch on Netflix lol

[@yaya-sy2sr]

that made my day!!!!

[@dorisbarkler2548]

Okay, thats pretty cool 😎

[@shawnsatrinarodriguez4429]

peter singleton 🙌💯

[@SnowdropWood]

Any evidence for that? It seems doubtful. This documentary was made in 2011 when Bella Ramsey (Lyanna) was 8 years old. Her bio says she didn't start auditioning for jobs until she was 11, which would've been 2014. She also had to have a dialogue coach for her northern accent on Game of Thrones, whilst the little girl doing Jennet's voice speaks as though it's her natural accent.

[@tarotwithjae6426]

excellent...i watch Simon Armitage's "Gawain" on repeat, and i am thrilled to see this presentation as well. and then Prof. R.Hutton shows up as an absolute bonus. thank you !!

[@animedndfangirl]

when they were describing the how the peddler suddenly collapsed and could not move. then them saying how he could not move especially the left arm, I was thinking to myself, that it sounds like he had a stroke. I knew this cause of all the times I have been told the signs and symptoms of a stroke.

[@diestimme6282]

Kimberly Thornton Ikr, but they were so stupid back then. :/

[@stancexpunks]

Same. Pretty well known symptoms of a stroke

[@taneekasmith5782]

you get a stroke from bad thoughts

[@mdclkc911]

I thought the same too

[@octopusmime]

ah, this guy again! he hosted the 'sir gawain & the green knight' doc. his voice is so beautiful!

[@taneekasmith5782]

Thanks

[@SNP-1999]

This story was similar to the one that happened in Bamberg in Bavaria about 15 years later. There, an over zealous Roman Catholic Bishop initiated a horrendous witch hunt during the course of which over 600 people were burnt as witches, each illegally tortured until they named somebody else, children denouncing parents, friends and neighbours accusing each other, a vicious circle inspired by fear and pain perpetuating the hunt until the Emperor himself intervened and stopped the madness, banning the Bishop from his lands. He was chased out of the region by the enraged population, lucky to get away with his life.

[@susanmccormick6022]

You know,the more I hear about priests the more I am glad I do my own thing.Weak willed Cranmer who let an innocent,abused girl go to her death,Bishop Morton,evil man out for what he could get,'Saint'Thomas More who had a rack in his house to persuade Protestants to stop being heretics,the cruelty of monks & nuns to the children & single mothers in their care,Torquemada...The list is almost endless!

[@heartofthunder1440]

Kinda makes you wonder if it was all made up B.S. due to petty issues and just a dislike for someone, or perhaps those people that were burnt was just out of place and didn’t fit in for what ever reason, society hasn’t changed much. We see the same B.S. now in present day. It’s called hate…..

[@Sunriru]

Thank you for these documentaries. I spend a lot of time watching all sorts of documentaries. They are fascinating and informitative

[@kezkezooie8595]

A really well made and fascinating documentary. The comparison with how people and societies can still react in similar ways and the way this was presented in a non confronting or judgemental manner also gives food for thought and was a very good way to wrap this documentary up, I thought.

[@LuKaZz420]

Great documentary, the guy is brilliant and the drawings are amazingly chilling. Well done. Thanks for the upload.

[@dragon2195]

What's even more disturbing is we as humans are still just as ignorant in sooo many more areas of life today. Sadly 😟

[@gaggymott9159]

I had friends who lived in Nelson, and travelling the M62 was always a pleasure. Viewing Pendle Hill was always spooky, remembering what dark deeds and death took place up there.....Brilliant upload too, by the way....

[@TheMCNinjas]

Timeline, if you´re watching this comment, please add more animations! I really liked these you added here because it fits the narrative, as it was taken from an old storybook .

[@Phoenixx42]

Is she a good witch, a bad witch or a sandwich?

[@MrCelt81]

Shawn Brennan It takes a good witch and a bad witch to make a sandwich.

[@artmostfearentr]

But only a Sand Witch can be a Sandwich or not?

[@TartarugaPreta]

Maybe a humbug?

[@inesdelahoya2045]

OK, witch one?

[@reimagine207]

Shawn Brennan 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rachelw1076]

I've come back and watched this several times. The integration of the animations is brilliant.

[@valkyriesardo278]

He reads, "Two pap were found in her secrets." Then he looks up at the camera and remarks, "I think her secrets means exactly what you think it means." Oh how I do appreciate those capable discretion.

[@desiguy55]

"the witch turned me into a newt". you are a man, "well i got better".

[@mercedesmarton3768]

You beat me to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kimsmith1746]

Jennet must weigh the same as a duck.

[@kerryweedall]

👏😂😂😂

[@mshavisham8964]

The shadow effects are wonderful. I haven't seen that before. Love it!

[@borleyboo5613]

Excellent documentary. Very atmospheric and eerie made more so by the animation. I certainly learned a lot more about The Witches of Pendle. Thank you.

[@downrightannoying3922]

This is one of the best documentary I’ve ever watched structurally

[@thiccbumblebee]

Maaan if i denounced my mother as a witch, she would leap over the rail and strangle me lol "guess what, you're coming along with me, SPAAAAWN"

[@tyra230]

And mine!!🤣🤣

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

Fascinating piece of history I had never learned about up to this point. Incredible.

[@wendrethmythania1873]

I live about 8 miles from here, we even had local buses named after the witches! Every Halloween loads of ppl go to Pendle hill and there's a tour of the area. Most haunted TV show, did an episode on Pendle witches too. There's supposed to be some witch covens around still.

[@chantelwoerner5247]

I hope to visit there someday. I am a descendent of Alice Nutter.

[@theblurredcrusade.2557]

I grew up in Burnley and this history was amazing growing up, we were all educated about it and Halloween 🦇 is a fantastic time.

[@MujiShah]

Yeah same, people really believe it tho that real witches there existed

[@princesspasta]

the art in this is wonderful. very twisted :}

[@frances_and_the_moon]

Beautiful, thank you for uploading. The animation truly is eerie and captivating, I loved every single minute of it!

[@slavic_bog_warlock]

damn i know these timeline documentaries are usually about British history but i would love to see one for the Salem witch trials with the same animation style. honestly all these witchcraft trials whether they’re in Europe or the States are super creepy even though there weren’t any witches

[@Dweller415]

There were some witches among the accused.

[@Fe26man]

Hmmm. That sounds like something a witch would say.... "even though there were no witches"...

[@kelb6073]

The only possible real "witch" in Salem was the slave Tituba. She was from Barbados and she confessed. She was accused of telling the girls about voodoo and such. One of the girls sort of confessed that it was all lies. Tituba is also eventually let out of prison. But the greedy church and higher ups kept it going on to gain property and wealth from the accused. They were able to take the accused property, including livestock and anything else. That's why so many were accused.

[@TRaWi]

@@Fe26man wink, wink, nod, nod.

[@elsakristina2689]

The drawings and animations for this documentary were done by artist Phoebe Boswell.

[@lavondahenderson8791]

This was really well done though. Thank you! ❤️ I shared it to my Women's group.

[@danipants14]

Watching him look through those original texts thinking "Why isn't he wearing gloves?" Very well put together doco though, such a fascinating and horrible time.

[@TRaWi]

The new archival guidelines is that gloves rupture the micro-fibers in old paper. The best is to wash your hands thouroughly before (I almost fainted in shame when Bodleian Library deigned to answer my spiteful comment about gloves in a KZbin comment lol)

[@madelyntoday7093]

The cartoonist had a dark imagination.

[@atsuneh516]

it's a dark story lol

[@katherinedevonshire2110]

And its freaking awesome.

[@joshuajackson4742]

Barely

[@edixasanchezpacheco3692]

😂 the story is darker!

[@Gem_Fab_2006]

This is my favorite documentary. The animation is ghostly and fits perfectly.

[@eowyn-faramir-reads]

The animation is crazy good, but can we *appreciate the use of In the Hall of The Mountain King* as the score when they storm Maulkin Tower?

[@clarekuehn4372]

This is really good! 😍 Very balanced and thorough, nice production value, nice sensitivity.

[@emmaismyname8197]

Back then: children’s story’s where believed Today: “nice story, honey” 😂

[@gerloke914]

That's how witches are able to do what they do now.

[@AnnaLVajda]

I grew up in a haunted house and my family believed me because they saw things too even my Mother who doesn't "like that sort of thing" and did not talk about it much did not dismiss my reports as imaginary. Now days children report abuse and get ignored which enables abusers who are flesh and blood not just spirits.

[@Alexander-vm2ox]

@@gerloke914 exactly. witch craft is dangerous and they are messing around with the underworld. gonna be their fault when they are punished

[@halosandhorns8330]

@@Alexander-vm2ox wow

[@halosandhorns8330]

@@gerloke914 what do they do now?

[@clown-cult96]

I keep watching this documentary. I absolutely love it.

[@songoku9348]

Very good stuff! The animations are actually helpful, it gives you a rough idea of how these people lived.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

Simon Armitage is absolutely fantastic at this type of presentation. An excellent video - a massive thumbs up

[@Baqir_B2]

I live in Burnley and see Pendle hill everyday there's just something about it's presence.

[@TRaWi]

it's magic

[@ju_carra]

Absolutely incredible piece of work!

[@tvanya]

In the eleventh century, king Kalman of Hungary, whose nick name was "bookish", because his love of books, declared that "THERE ARE NO WITCHES" and as a result, no woman was called, and condemned because witchcraft in Hungary. It is incredible for a Hungarian that witches were executed in the US close to the seventeenth century.

[@ioanamirelaiacoban8547]

True! In Eastern Europe the witchcraft was not that much of a big deal. The threat of the Otoman Impire kind of kept up ocupied:)). I remember the case of Elizabeth Bathory...although a noble and rich woman, she was sentenced to life in prison for her crimes. True though...she wasn't killed like an normal person but still. Mind blowing to see in US or Western Europe in the 1600...

[@vikasv5917]

Amazing documentary and also well told with good animations. thanks a lot.

[@sarahkendall1378]

My dad lives right at the very bottom of Pendle hill. I grew up reading and learning about the Pendle Witches. I still love to read and learn about them. I read so many books about them when I was a child. Yeah I had a weird childhood haha!!

[@oliviagraham6898]

I have watched this about 6 times, the illustrations are fantastic and as some said in the comments adds such a spooky feel to it all x

[@jazzman598]

52:20 to be fair if someone killed my pet toad I'd probably try to kill them too

[@angeldougan9334]

right? I have a BEAUTIFUL black kitty Nova who just turned 3 and if someone so much as LOOKED at her in a way that upset/scared her, I'm be telling that person they flat out need to leave my house and never come back.

[@karinwolf3645]

I am not a witch no matter what my ex-husband said!!

[@pommiebears]

Karin Wolf mine still says it....lol!

[@zachall101]

Karin Wolf that’s what a witch would say lol 😆

[@ariglobalbusinesssolutions1647]

😂 good one

[@paulanthony5274]

The historian with the glasses,I like his long hair,like he's just stepped out of a time machine from the 17th century

[@pattimcintosh7274]

I love the creepy animation. Very well made doc!!

[@clementbijulisingh5451]

They were so steeped in religious fervency, they created an eerie world to conform with their believe.

[@koilamaoh4238]

Sadly it still persists in this modern age...I hate these religious larpers... You can't larp as witches or voodoo casters anymore, or they'll murder you..

[@mornettepotgieter3034]

All man made religion's should be gotten rid of.

[@mornettepotgieter3034]

@tubetardism 20/20All have been given a free will to choose between right and wrong and an ego. Man made religion horrendously murdered Jesus for telling the truth, the king James bible was actually written by the demented actual King James to control and fill people with fear. There is no Satan except the one that you become through your own choices and actions and EGO. All of man made religion's lies and deceptions that's been passed down from generations to generations to hide their evil deeds behind our amazing Creator's name, man made religion that hides paedophiles, greed, racism, anger, hatred, killer's, rapists, etc etc etc etc etc. Our Creator is pure pure love and has not one bit of negative energy so is incapable of all negative things that religion's have taught us, our Creator is not a religion but a spiritual being, we are not human beings having a human experience but spiritual beings having a human experience. And to those who are going to slam me please don't waste your time as I walk in light and have spiritually awoken not man made religion awoken, big big difference, blessings and light to you all. 💖 Please listen to Wayne Dyer on KZbin.

[@sonyahdepasse9424]

@@mornettepotgieter3034 What are you on lol.

[@Shewit.]

@@mornettepotgieter3034 What do you mean there is no satan? Satan is the father of all evil and God is the father of all Good

[@AprilPray]

Excellent show! This was well done and intriguing. Thank you for posting.

[@elizabethmerriman531]

Enjoyed everything about this video so I subscribed to you channel. From Texas

[@coloringwithd]

This was really good. Thank you for sharing ♥♥♥

[@TheSaneHatter]

If you've read the "Last Apprentice" series by Joseph Delaney, it draws on these incidents quite a bit, specifically mentioning Pendle and Malkin Tower.

[@Alex-wc9qq]

The animation in this helps to give the documentary and intriguing and dark atmosphere.

[@fuzzamajumula]

Not many phrases more terrifying than "enthusiastic protestantism."

[@mikesaunders4775]

Or Catholic fanaticism.

[@OstblockLatina]

@@mikesaunders4775 Or devout religiousness in general.

[@taffysaur]

Are we just going to pretend we don’t all know which religion is the most terrifying..? It ain’t a Christian religion.

[@aborgeshonorato]

Christianity scares me

[@sebastianaguilar9938]

@Loral Anthalas What so many people like to forget is that the inquisition wasn't a spontaneous action done to innocents "just trying to live their lives"! Nope, it was actually a calculated response to the numerous atrocities against Christians that were brought on by the Muslim Marauders.

[@RickSanchez-py9cy]

I love the drawings along with the story.

[@gianna5869]

Love this doc. I am reading" Daughters Of The Witching Hill" for the 3rd time. The author is Mary Sharratt. It's a great book, written from the perspective of Elizabeth Southern a.k.a "demdike" as well as from the perspective of Alizon . There is another book called Daylights gate also based on the pendle witches. I haven't read it and don't know who the author is.

[@tonyplyler6203]

Wonderful documentary. I enjoyed the drawings throughout.

[@Tempirance1]

A very interesting documentary. Thank you for sharing the history.

[@oldgamerchick]

WOWZER this child was smart to have remembered all those people at an event. It's so sad that people react to fear that way. So much like what's happening today.

[@Cheryl64014]

Great video. Thank you for your channel. I've subscribed.

[@riverluvr1]

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[@snacklepussPSN]

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