Who was this mysterious boy from the city of Gävle? Johan came to Stockholm in 1676, an orphan. His mother had been executed. Executed because Johan accused her of being a witch. And he was just getting started. Pretty quickly, Johan was accusing quite a few women in Stockholm of being witches. And now Stockholm had trouble. Trouble with a capital T. And that rhymed with G... which stood for Gävle Boy.
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