Mary Craig
Historian and author specializing in Scottish witchcraft and regional witch hunts, known for books including The Borders Witch Hunt and A History of Scottish Witches and appearing as expert guest on the episode.
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Mar 3, 2026 • 41min
Who Was The Witch Queen of Scotland?
Mary Craig, historian of Scottish witchcraft and author, explores Isobel Gowdie, whose sensational 1662 confessions shocked Europe. The conversation covers Scotland’s witch panic, royal and printed influences, local beliefs versus Kirk doctrine, interrogation methods that produced lurid testimony, and why no trial record survives. Short, vivid, and haunting.
