Rylan and Prof Alice Roberts investigate the Essex witch trials. Using original court documents, experts, and dramatic reconstructions, they reveal the lives of the accused.
Rylan teams up with Prof Alice Roberts to investigate the witch trials of Essex, starting in 1566 with the accusation of a family of women from Hatfield Peveril who are tried before Queen Elizabeth’s own Attorney.
Rylan teams up with Prof Alice Roberts to investigate the St Osyth witch trial of 1582. A falling out between friends leads to accusations of witchcraft, whipped up by the local magistrate, which rips the village apart.
Rylan teams up with Prof Alice Roberts to investigate the rise of the self-styled Witch Finder General Matthew Hopkins. In 1645 he starts his reign of terror, arresting and torturing a disabled woman on a charge of witchcraft.