The Horrifying True Story of the Witchfinder General

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In the 1640s in England, Matthew Hopkins worked as a witch-finder, discovering and torturing hundreds of women in eastern England. His evil work sent perhaps a hundred people to the gallows to be hanged. More than all the other witch hunters in England. The effects of this brutal witch hunt reverberated for years afterwards throughout England and even across the sea in the Salem witch trials of Massachusetts.
But who was this evil man? Why did he hunt witches? How did he find these people and what horrors did he inflict on them with his cruel investigations? How did he get away with it for years and what finally put an end to his campaign of terror? This is the horrifying story of the loathsome con man and fanatical witch hunter, the self-styled Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins.
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Video Chapters
00:00 Who was Matthew Hopkins?
01:57 Puritan England
03:07 Witches in 16th century England
05:48 The Manningtree Witches
09:46 The Tendring Hundred witch hunt
12:45 Witch finding techniques
15:09 Victim profile of witches
16:54 Earning money as a witch finder
18:06 East of England witch hunt
18:36 Opposition to the witch hunters
21:09 The Death of Matthew Hopkins
22:31 The End of English Witch Hunts

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@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

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@chpet1655 5 ай бұрын

Glad you label him exactly what he was….an evil con man.

@jablanbukvovski 5 ай бұрын

to be fair, general started his career in Essex

@michaelrokohl3220 4 ай бұрын

Was he a Jew? You know just like now, then as well, most jews keep their relgion to themselves. He couldn't been a jewish christain. Most of the time, histrions leave their jewish ancestry out of the documentaries, as not to be labeled antisemtic, especially if it's something critical. You can't trust these histrions, because they do cover up jewish involvement in history, if it's negative, they will not mention it at all.

@jakecavendish3470 4 ай бұрын

@@jablanbukvovski True, at least he didn't go into telemarketing

@robertcook2572 3 ай бұрын

Of which there have been countless numbers since time immemorial

@GrenvilleP710 3 ай бұрын

He believed what he did was right. All religion is evil.

@nigden1 4 ай бұрын

There's an excellent film about Hopkins called Witchfinder General, starring Vincent Price. Although mostly fiction, it depicts the fear and hysteria of the age perfectly, made in 1968 by a 24 year old English director, who died soon after, it's now a must watch horror cult film.

@rocoad2960 4 ай бұрын

I watched it last year. I thought it was about him but I wasn't sure. It's up on youtube for free if anyone wants to check it out

@kenpudsey6435 4 ай бұрын

The young director of 'Witchfinder General' was called Michael Reeves..he died of an accidental sleeping tablet overdose. '

@Joe3pops 3 ай бұрын

I watched that 1968 movie. Other than the famous Vincent Price, the rest ofbthe cast & screenwriting sucks. Director died of embarrassment, while wearing those douchebag calvary helmets & tights.

@marianotorrespico2975 3 ай бұрын

@@Joe3pops --- TRY A MOVIE . . . with John Wayne.

@simonbradshaw3993 2 ай бұрын

Great film its up there with The Whickerman.

@GravesRWFiA 5 ай бұрын

while the horror of the Salem witch trials in the 1690's is well known. At the same time there was a witch trial in pennsylvania, a colony not dominated by puritan, the convicted witch was fined 5 shillings and turned over to her husband with the admonition not to do it again.

@icfdavehere4008 5 ай бұрын

Soy

@sabrinatscha2554 5 ай бұрын

@icfdavehere4008 I don’t like to use the term ‘incel’ as an insult, but guys like you make it really difficult not to.

@MissMarie1377 5 ай бұрын

@@ELWMthat’s not true

@ELWM 5 ай бұрын

@@MissMarie1377 haha ok,

@boris1387 5 ай бұрын

I'd love to know more!!

@davidneal6920 4 ай бұрын

Imagine how many unpopular loners (especially who owned land) were wrongly accused of witchcraft, hanged and someone stole their property

@terrorcop101 3 ай бұрын

Given that between 1486 (publication of the Malleus Maleficarum, the Hammer of Witches) and 1692 (the Salem Witch Trials), somewhere between several thousand and maybe the low millions were accused (not sure off-hand what the actual estimates are), I'd say the number of those accused solely so their accusers could profit off their stuff was pretty high.

@WhitneyDahlin 3 ай бұрын

@@terrorcop101I'm sure there were a bunch of different reasons for accusing someone of witchcraft. Revenge, greed, jealousy, delusional belief they really were a witch.

@steveshapiro326 3 ай бұрын

@@terrorcop101 They didn't mind torturing people, despite being "Christians". How evil to do it to anyone, especially helpless elderly women.

@kwitshadie6539 28 күн бұрын

One of my earliest visions in preschool depicts a guy in a Puritan getup beating me up; it appeared to be an outside setting. Visions of someone beating me up whenever I got into trouble plagued me throughout my childhood growing up. The name of Dan Davis’ video was attractively cathartic. 🤔

@davidneal6920 28 күн бұрын

Also sucked if you were single and owned a black cat 🐈‍⬛

@dotdashdotdash 5 ай бұрын

Matthew Hopkins is the villain in Robert Westall's novel, "The Devil On The Road", excellent book by the way.

@jakecavendish3470 4 ай бұрын

I'm not surprised Essex had so many witch trials. I've heard tales of orange-coloured people who roam the streets in freezing weather impervious to cold and speaking a strange dialect

@ChloeShaliniArt 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂i have family in Essex and know just what you mean

@jakecavendish3470 3 ай бұрын

@@ChloeShaliniArt 🤭

@kenpudsey6435 3 ай бұрын

Ha ha..very good 👍

@the_rover1 2 ай бұрын

Dutch visitors?

@misskate3815 5 ай бұрын

The boy who gave himself up might have actually believed he was a witch. A young lady at a different time believed she had, just by speaking, cursed a man, and was therefore a witch. That was why a man who observed the witch hunts in Europe advised that confessed “witches” be treated gently and given good food and a soft bed. He thought that such people were just sad and a little mad.

@marnixdebaat1733 5 ай бұрын

I can imagine in that time a lot of people were confused and traumatized by whatever. If your life is already hell, you're already numbed by anxiety and trauma and then you get accused of being a witch, I imagine it's very easy to just confess so you'll be taken out of your suffering

@PathsSeldomTrod 5 ай бұрын

Yes, its the power of the scapegoat ritual

@timothyclark1754 4 ай бұрын

Young kids believe something they are not and have horrible consequences done to them....man, sounds like what's happening in America with "trans" kids.

@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars 3 ай бұрын

@misskate: I assume you're talking about Alice Device, the child who triggered the Pendle Witch trials.. She ended up some years after her entire family was slaughtered as witches, accused, then cleared of witchcraft herself. She died in Lancaster jail because she couldn't pay for her incarceration!

@misskate3815 3 ай бұрын

@@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars actually it was her sister Alizon, but yep.

@nickharland3795 5 ай бұрын

The doom metal band Cathedral have a song about him. Hopkins Witchfinder General is a great tune. Excellent video, this was super interesting. Thanks.

@jakelynch5113 5 ай бұрын

banger!

@mjwoodroff8446 5 ай бұрын

There is NWOBHM band called Witchfinder General. They have some proto-doom elements in their music. I think many of these bands were influenced by the 1968 film (as well as other similar films of the period). Electric Wizard famously use older horror/pulp films for the background at all their shows. Sleep have Holy Mountain as an album, and although I can't find specific references to it, I don't think it's a coincidence that there is a 1973 avant-garde psychedelic film directed by Jodorowsky of the same name.

@willgibbons1733 5 ай бұрын

I love it. This is excellent, Dan. Could you make a video about Highwaymen? Claude Duval, Dick Turpin and the like.

@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. What a good idea.

@willgibbons1733 5 ай бұрын

@@DanDavisHistory cheers mate. Based on your reply, you've got me looking forward to it already lol

@williamredmond8128 5 ай бұрын

Hearing malicious voices at night sounds a lot like a very specific kind of schizophrenia.

@ottotheweinerdog676 5 ай бұрын

A lot of these religious sorts were kooks

@PINKRIVER1 4 ай бұрын

This video offers an eye-opening insight into the witch hunts of the 17th century. The story of Matthew Hopkins is both horrifying and compelling, and it's presented in a way that's both respectful and engaging. Great work!

@mattturner6017 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. It was a fascinating watch. Thanks also in particular for pointing out details like the high standard of evidence at the time in courts and how legally difficult it was to prove cases of witchcraft. People today are apt to think that there was little due process or extremely biased courts back then, when in fact it was the determined legal shenanigans of the accusers that caused much injustice. A skilled and heartless lawyer today can oppress the poor and marginalized on whatever flimsy pretext. I'm sure many modern prosecutors make a decent income that way.

@bc7138 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video about a horrible individual. It's interesting to note that Hopkins is the only person in history to hold the title 'Witchfinder General' as when I was younger I thought it was a generalised title given to witch hunters. I read Ronald Hutton's 'The Witch' from a library earlier this year and found it to be a fascinating and eye-opening global history of Witches and Witchcraft. I will try to check out the other books mentioned at the end of the video.

@MathildaFlow 5 ай бұрын

How to be a serial killer without committing a crime (under the laws and circumstances of your times).

@LiftOffLife 4 ай бұрын

Aka Pfizer.

@buckodonnghaile4309 4 ай бұрын

So many present day doctors in Canada are serial killers since the country adopted an assisted suicide program.

@christopher9196 5 ай бұрын

Damn, he was a serial killer! Like evil blowin across the land

@gowdsake7103 3 ай бұрын

Driven by James the 1 st of ohh the religotards idol

@danielnielsen1977 5 ай бұрын

6:41 A widow... what seems common in a lot of these stories is that the widow admits to being a witch and names others right away. It would seem she was unaware of there being a threat against her or the others initially. Like they were SET UP by entrapment. I know the women (as well husbands & sons, daughters) usually were chosen because the accuser had an eye for their property. After husband & son were killed, they went after the widow because, for the most part, women could not own property. Absolutely exploited in the worst way. This story sounds a lot like one in Iceland. And most others. Crooked! 🔥

@supremecaffeine2633 4 ай бұрын

The reason why laws against women owning property were put in place was because there was an epidemic of wives killing their husbands to take their land.

@paulfogarty7724 4 ай бұрын

Ironic that the very " witches" he murdered could have been the very ones who could have helped him . Those old women were usually experts in herbal medicine, a skill handed down from mother to daughter and a skill that went right back to the Druids.

@butterflyladeda1080 5 ай бұрын

The 1968 movie with Vincent Price is on KZfaq.

@Thepourdeuxchanson 2 ай бұрын

He's the only good part of the movie - all the other actors were rubbish. But Vincent Price was really, really evil.

@michaelhead7483 5 ай бұрын

Good to hear that in the end he wasn't glorified but hated.

@TheGarmisch 5 ай бұрын

This was an absolutely fantastic video. Bravo, sir. I'm sending it to my mom who likes history.

@grapeshot 5 ай бұрын

Remind me of the character on the movie Black Death he started out as a monk but by the end of the movie he was a rampaging witchfinder.

@joelsmith3473 5 ай бұрын

That character pretty much has PTSD caused by the closest real life can get to a witch.

@beekeeper8474 5 ай бұрын

My neighbors garden is doing well so they must be witches

@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

Witches do malicious acts so it's only if your garden does badly that a witch is to blame.

@692ALBANNACH 5 ай бұрын

@@DanDavisHistory Perhaps they are conjuring good witches to help their garden grow?

@slappy8941 5 ай бұрын

@@DanDavisHistoryWell if the neighbor's garden is doing better by comparison, that's proof enough.

@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

Not under 17th century English law, no.

@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

There's no good witch craft, it has to involve malicious acts.

@KapethiaMonan 5 ай бұрын

This would make for a genuinely fascinating film plot.

@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

There's a 1968 movie about him Witchfinder General. Not especially accurate especially the end but as a film its good.

@thejhonnie 5 ай бұрын

the vvitch is a great film if you haven't seen it

@bromion5123 5 ай бұрын

Vincent Price was the actor who played The Witchfinder General.

@paulbentley1705 Ай бұрын

Yea I agree.

@63mckenzie 5 ай бұрын

My great grandfather was from this area , so I'm always fascinated by anything about Hopkins. I often wonder if any of my ancestors were victims of his.

@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo 4 ай бұрын

Or helped him.

@63mckenzie 4 ай бұрын

@@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo Maybe.Who knows what our ancestors got up to.

@kenpudsey6435 4 ай бұрын

He had a few brothers and sisters..one of his brothers became a minister but had his parish revoked because of neglect.

@lexiburrows8127 4 ай бұрын

Blimey, how old are you, mate. Do you have a Vulcan life-span or something? Great Grandfather?

@kenpudsey6435 4 ай бұрын

@lexiburrows8127 Exactley..it was in the 1640's..he'd have to be A LOT older than just your great grandfather..anyway,live long and prosper to him 🙌

@bladetheatrics 5 ай бұрын

Dan you've got a cool voice and awesome content. Thank you sir love from Colorado USA

@gowdsake7103 3 ай бұрын

I hope you awknowledge the fervour of religious insanity driven by James the 1 st

@daneandorfer6187 5 ай бұрын

Another fascinating work, Thank you Mr. Davis.

@ShadowDragon1848 5 ай бұрын

Very missed opportunity to ask a real Witchfinder General: Atun-Shei-Films

@anthonyhayes1267 5 ай бұрын

For this oversight, he must be taken before the magistrate of the shire in which he dwells

@Abbousi632 5 ай бұрын

Great production as always.

@KatherineHugs 5 ай бұрын

Love this! So interesting ❤

@warriorpoet9629 5 ай бұрын

Interestingly before he visited a town he used to send a messenger ahead to pin up a notice of his coming, urging villagers who wanted to accuse witches to be there on a certain day and time. When he arrived there was always a large group of people waiting to accuse others of witchcraft. And nearly all of the accusers were women. Think about that.

@ironvlogger9712 5 ай бұрын

old school mean girls

@jeperstone 4 ай бұрын

Get rid of your rivals

@melvert33 3 ай бұрын

Can I ask please where your source is for that story that when he arrived it was mostly women making the accusations?

@ChloeShaliniArt 3 ай бұрын

Excellent, and yes, I agree, you have a prefect voice & presentation. Many thanks. ❤

@jessejames7757 5 ай бұрын

He would be busy today there's millions of witches today. Thank you Sir. for your service.

@Merlin.Twiggles 12 күн бұрын

Great share, thanks

@mykehyslop198 5 ай бұрын

There is a great movie about Hopkins starring Vincent Price.Worth a watch.👍

@chilblain1 3 ай бұрын

This is my new favorite channel. Exciting,, excellently executed history without any pretentious political presentism. Well done sir!

@robinguertin574 5 ай бұрын

Very well done video! New subscriber from New Hampshire (USA).

@gowdsake7103 3 ай бұрын

I hope you are not religious

@glitterytrinket6246 3 ай бұрын

Great show

@BobJohnson648 Ай бұрын

Excellent video.

@PaulH-hl5hw 5 ай бұрын

By the sword divided ..did a good take on this....although under a different name..i read about hopkins in the '80s...i read a llot of books on this period.. great video

@klaunwelt4404 5 ай бұрын

This is very well made and engaging, with Hobekinus being a compelling subject. Mind you I would listen to Dan Davis read out the phone book. He makes some of the most absorbing content I’ve seen on here.

@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much.

@musewinter9369 5 ай бұрын

Well done!

@paulcowell7588 5 ай бұрын

I can recommend the Saturday market in manningtree...biggest potatoes I've ever seen...although picturesque mistley and manningtree are quite weird places.

@sharonrout8165 4 ай бұрын

Was in Manningtree on Tuesday and went for a walk along to river bank to Brantham and back, lovely area.

@jcummins2177 5 ай бұрын

I was in Boston Massachusetts not too long ago. I came across a plaque on an old church that paid homage to Goodwife Ann Glover. She was an Irish widow, who refused to announce her Catholic faith in Puritan, New England. And she was hanged as a witch in 1688. I also recall a lecture by a professor on Anabaptists in England. There was a case of one woman who was in AnaBaptist. The government wanted to execute her on being one, but being a protestant, it would not have looked good, so they changed the accusation from Anabaptist to witch. The English professor and author, Dr. Edward Dutton, Roto, book called witches, feminism, and the fall of the west. He goes into more detail about which trials in England during this period. He gives a breakdown of what a typical witch looked like, which matches are common perception of their appearance. In most cases of which is executed, it was for legitimate crimes, such as murder, theft, and accusations by their embittered neighbors. Puritans were obsessed with the devil as much as leftist are obsessed with race. That’s why in New England there are more place names in reference to the devil than God.

@flipflopski2951 5 ай бұрын

and wingnuts are obsessed with "leftists"... heh...

@Suillibhain 5 ай бұрын

Nice wolf whistle

@GwladYrHaf 5 ай бұрын

@@Suillibhaina valid comparison of extremist obsession

@flipflopski2951 5 ай бұрын

trumpers can't stand being called racist they get their little feelies hurt...

@mikespearwood3914 5 ай бұрын

@@Suillibhain wolf whistle? You find them attractive??

@Stariod1994 4 ай бұрын

What is sadly common in depicting Hopkins, is that he is middle-aged/elderly. The fact that he conjured so much authority and notiriety despite not even being 30 is very fascinating and terrifying and I hope his age will be depicted in future films/documentaries.

@symbolsandsystems 5 ай бұрын

how many wealthy witches did he discover?

@billtomson5791 5 ай бұрын

Comment of the year!

@hogwashmcturnip8930 3 ай бұрын

There were a couple. In fact that was the start of his downfall. He overstepped the mark and accused a wealthy woman, presumably thinking there would be money in it. (A pay off to drop the charges maybe?) But it all went horribly wrong, she was acquitted and he lost all credibility. It is one thing to bump off a few lonely old widows, but when you start accusing/blackmailing the wives and widows of the Wealthy it is another matter.

@hauntinggoingonwithangelamylif 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting ❤❤

@jamesconnolly5164 5 ай бұрын

2:44 "It was a time of rapid and drastic social change, driven by a certainty that the old ways were not only wrong but dangerous -- even evil. And in that way common to revolutionaries and fanatics, the sweeping changes enacted by one generation were soon condemned by those that came after them." The more things change, ay?

@edajungck 4 ай бұрын

The dreaded Vincent Price of my childhood has brought me to this excellent channel, thank you, Dan.

@jedgrahek1426 4 ай бұрын

That was a highly satisfying and unexpected conclusion. As far as I am aware, things were much worse on the Continent, following the publication of The Hammer of Witches (and as you said, torture was allowed there, which would seem to align with that).

@bauhnguefyische667 3 ай бұрын

It doesn’t matter if something is not real when others believe or want it to be. It’s the motivation.

@markos1986100 4 ай бұрын

I love your channel

@DanDavisHistory 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@DavidHendry-lb3nk 5 ай бұрын

Great video enjoyed iti like the movie I know it wasn't true but great to see Vincent price portray Hopkins

@jamesorth6460 5 ай бұрын

Wait, Cromwell had warts and floated across the Irish sea

@jakecavendish3470 4 ай бұрын

Lol. Although his suckling abilities were probably limited to be fair to the man

@Sanitarium_The_Movie 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@theculturedthug6609 3 ай бұрын

A New Movie about Matthew Hopkins would be good.

@jabberwoke1 5 ай бұрын

Fanaticism of any kind, but especially religious, is a super highway to evil. If there is a hell, he's definitely there.

@PaladinLevi 5 ай бұрын

No. There's not a distinction between one kind of evil worldview and another if its results are evil. Explicitly secular socialist governments unalived 90-120 mil during the 20th Century. Saying it's worse because religion is bigotry.

@joanthompson5606 3 ай бұрын

Just found this channel...the use of photos and artwork is quite excellent! Such educational content!

@LeePenn2492 5 ай бұрын

Excellent sensible policies for a happier Britain.. Very interesting and informative show

@SacredGeometryDecoded 5 ай бұрын

Thanks. I love this period of history. Gifted the Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology by Rossell Hope Robbins many years back. One of the books I reread every couple years so so, came to loathe this fella but Witch Finder General is a cool ass title.

@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

Cheers mate, so glad you enjoyed it. Yeah it was a crazy time.

@stuartsimister5042 4 ай бұрын

I live in the ribble valley in Lancashire I can see pendle hill from my house where we had our own witch trails in 1612.Ten innocents were marched to Lancaster and hung after being accused. The villages around pendle hill are full of fantastic stories of them darks days.

@andrewalderman9489 5 ай бұрын

Witchcraft.....by Sinatra Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That strips my conscience bare It's witchcraft And I've got no defense for it The heat is too intense for it What good would common sense for it do? 'Cause it's witchcraft, wicked witchcraft And although I know it's strictly taboo When you arouse the need in me My heart says "Yes, indeed" in me "Proceed with what you're leadin' me to" It's such an ancient pitch But one I wouldn't switch 'Cause there's no nicer witch than you

@62rowley 3 ай бұрын

👍The New England vampire panic is also interesting.

@gregorywildie37 5 ай бұрын

Thanks

@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, appreciate it!

@gregoryvigneault1824 3 ай бұрын

There are multiple great metal songs about him.

@shzarmai 4 ай бұрын

Nice vid. Please make a video on the Helmand Culture of Bronze Age southern Afghanistan and Eastern Iran. A video on the the Land of Punt and ones (videoes) on the Pre-indo-european Iberians*, Nok culture of Ancient Nigeria, the Garamantes, Kingdom of Chimor (Chimu empire), the Paracas Culture of the Andes, the (proto-mande) Tichitt culture and Sao civilization would be great and greatly appreciated 😊 too.

@sherimcdaniel3491 4 ай бұрын

There is a movie about this Witch Finder. It is one of the most terrifying films I’ve ever seen. Not because of visual violence, or special effects but because, if one places themselves in the accused’s position. It has no startling AI shenanigans. A horror movie starring the late Mr Price doesn’t need it. The title is The Conqueror Worm. Who plays the Witchfinder? None other than on Vincent Price.

@shackworks 4 ай бұрын

Love History. I subscribed the other day. You should do one on Captain Matthew Flinders. Very colourful history right there. Thanks for the videos. I will have to go through them one by one.

@joepetto9488 5 ай бұрын

But how do you know they weren’t really Witches?

@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

Cos magic isn't real and imps don't exist.

@joepetto9488 5 ай бұрын

@@DanDavisHistory That really presupposes the conclusion of the question. How do you know magic isnt real and imps dont exist? I mean, did you consult some index of everything or was there a concerted effort to find these things? Did you even ask the relevant people? or are you just assuming that outlandish = untrue from a categorical standpoint?

@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

No it's just obvious mate.

@joepetto9488 5 ай бұрын

@@DanDavisHistory no one will remember you for presupposing without evidence a position everyone already holds.

@TheDonWallzie 4 ай бұрын

@@DanDavisHistoryyou look into the darkness and think you see nothing there

@BARBARYAN. 4 ай бұрын

Dan I have the utmost respect for you, my brother. I bet Tolkien (may he rest in peace) would be proud of men like this and us who actively debunk all the lies the world has spun about our existence and our glorious achievements. He would be grateful we preserve the Indo-European ( -ARYAN- ) culture that we share. Our interconnectedness is eternal and at this moment the world is doing all it can to suppress our cultures.

@rocketpod1 5 ай бұрын

Just finished thunder this weekend, will you be continuing the series at some point?

@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

Yes I am slowly working on the sequel whenever I can.

@AJNpa80 5 ай бұрын

The triad of religion, con artists and politics, kind of reminds me of home in the USA. Con men scaring up the common folk with emotional arguments to fear and anger, its a tale as old as time. Every century we forget the lessons of the last and have to cull ourselves, be it religion, your funny looking neighbor or whatever. Theres always a clever con man at the pulpit or the podium. And it always starts by undermining trust in information sources so their alternative can be provided. He may have been just one of many opportunists on the wounded body of the political situation. We have no shortage of them now in the states. People say "first they came for the guns". Truth is history shows that first they come for the trusted information sources so an alternative can be provided. It's only then that they take away the guns from a few and arm "the right people" to the teeth. All the greatest hits, the people get worked up to a foaming fervor first. I'm an optomist though. The world has been ending since we first scratched symbols on cave walls and it hasn't happened yet. We just destroy it ourselves a little bit every so many decades out of boredom, and for some for profit. But it only happens because many of us are easily led emotional creatures.

@PaladinLevi 5 ай бұрын

Explicitly atheistic worldviews have done more damage to humanity than religious ones and only secularists are destroying cultural artifacts right now.

@keithnaylor1981 3 ай бұрын

6:45 Amazing coincidence that the ‘image’ of John Stearne looks a lot like Vincent Price, who had the film role of Matthew Hopkins in Witchfinder General 1968.

@jakecavendish3470 4 ай бұрын

Hysteria and paranoia about people who sometimes didn't confirm to the majority, and a bizarre fascination with the possibility of their genitals deviating from what some consider normal. Glad that couldn't happen today 😒

@willmoore7582 3 ай бұрын

I'm surprised you didn't film the church at Mistley and the playground for children in the adjacent field there - where apparently some of the unfortunates were murdered by Hopkins and his henchmen. It's an eery place at night when a mist comes rolling across the lawns there.

@Aethuviel Ай бұрын

One of my ancestors was executed in a witch trial in Sweden, along with three of her daughters, in October 1674. It was the largest witch trial ever in Sweden, resulting in the execution of 71 people. It took place in Torsåker - "Thor's Field". Many things can be said for the reason of the witch hunts, but one thing was that it was one of the final attempts to stamp out pagan knowledge and tradition. Old women who knew herbs and nature medicine, has even today been carried into the modern cartoonish idea of a witch, and this is the ancient European tradition of healers. To the establishment of this time, you can only get healing through the church, so they wanted this knowledge gone.

@mikeyfn-a6684 4 ай бұрын

Just looked this up for confirmation, its nice to be correct. 😬 Re:'Wednesday' the series The inspiration for Crackstone seemingly appears to be the combination of the lives of real life Colonist Roger Conant (who founded Salem, similarly to Crackstone with Jericho) and Witch Finder General Matthew Hopkins.

@cheekophiltranscendsvision4426 4 ай бұрын

Basically a persecution of women and men who were holistically driven or people who worked with age old natrual remedies and cures..

@DanDavisHistory 4 ай бұрын

No not really, they weren't especially healers or anything, just the dregs of each town and village.

@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745 4 ай бұрын

Woowoo nonsense

@danielbarrett1368 4 ай бұрын

In 1968 there was a movie released called conqueror worm starring Vincent price and it was based on a witch hunter named Matthew Hopkins during that same time period

@Noahloveless1 4 ай бұрын

Definitely inspired my next Faire outfit. An inquisitor!

@johndoe-fq7ez 5 ай бұрын

Atun Shei

@williamboisdenghien2849 5 ай бұрын

This is treachery, blasphemy... Dare I say it? Papistry!

@jimmyjack7083 5 ай бұрын

It seems like a relic of the past, but modern people are susceptible to fall into this same lunacy again.

@gowdsake7103 3 ай бұрын

Religious are for sure

@davidpreece1188 5 ай бұрын

Nice video... Stour like 'Stoor'

@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

The River Stour (/ˈstʊər, ˈstaʊər/, pronounced rhyming with either "tour" or "sour")

@davidpreece1188 5 ай бұрын

@@DanDavisHistory true😅 but most commonly stour like tour around here

@DanDavisHistory 5 ай бұрын

No, I live by the Stour, that's how it's pronounced

@davidpreece1188 5 ай бұрын

@@DanDavisHistory ditto. Anyway, nice video

@dianeshannon7988 4 ай бұрын

Thanks I can now use the term witch hunt with facts to back it up quite relevant atm with the post office fiasco does history repeat itself?!

@rosmundsen 3 ай бұрын

I am amazed at how young Matthew Hopkins was.

@daveanderson3805 3 ай бұрын

Religion and ignorance. Forever walking as one.

@HalideHelix 5 ай бұрын

Its pretty funny how so many of the accused began giving long lists of other women they claimed to be witches as well....maybe just out of spite toward the other women😂

@holyfreak8 5 ай бұрын

"Witchfinder General" sounds like a officer from the Salvation Army😅

@AerikVon 3 ай бұрын

What a history…

@Gwaithmir 5 ай бұрын

A good movie about this guy is "The Conqueror Worm," starring Vincent Price.

@nomadmarauder-dw9re 4 ай бұрын

AKA Witchfinder General.

@Gwaithmir 4 ай бұрын

@@nomadmarauder-dw9re Indeed. When I upgraded to Blu-Ray, the title was "Witchfinder General."

@darthguilder1923 5 ай бұрын

I can only think of the Carl Douglas song

@terrorcop101 3 ай бұрын

Know of any cases where the accused, when asked to identify fellow witches, publicly announced that their accusers were evil or did such counter-accusations only occur in private without witnesses. Could've been interesting to see a witchfinder or judge in a witchcraft case suddenly under suspicion for the very thing he's trying to stamp out.

@bryanreston1722 3 ай бұрын

Why didn't Stearne get more of the blame and focus? He was 10 years older than Hopkins, who began as Stearne's assistant. It seems like Stearne and his associates must have blamed the dead Hopkins for everything and then "retired" to hide on his farm

@michaelarchangel1163 4 ай бұрын

I'm from Burry Port, 15 miles west of Swansea. My dentist's name is Matthew Hopkins, truly. I have three missing teeth and a slight limp, yet Satan still won't give me a job. Nevertheless, I continue to become slightly unnerved when my dentist picks up his drill.

@peternagy-im4be 4 ай бұрын

That's pretty funny and you're a funny guy