Description

It's Season 13, Episode 7, "War of the Worlds," and we're here for Meth-head Kevin Tran, but not so much for this Arthur/Alexander evil twin nonsense. Liz talks about the Scottish 17th-century witch hunters, the Witch Prickers.

Research Links

• The Professional Pricker and His Test for Witchcraft
• Witch Prickers of the 17th-century
• The woman who became a witch-pricker
• The Devil's Mark and the Witch-Prickers of Scotland
• 12 Enemies of God?: Slander, Gender and Witchcraft in the Scottish Parish | JSTOR
• The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661-1662 | JSTOR
• Witch-hunting in 17th-century Scotland was so well paid that it attracted some blatant fakers – Susan Morrison
• John Kincaid, Scotland’s Witch Brodder – Haddington's History Society