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Podcast: WikiSleep
Episode: The Real-Life Witch Hunter, Matthew Hopkins
Description: Listen AD-FREE on the WikiSleep app by visiting WikiSleep.comTonight’s story is about a real-life witch hunter, Matthew Hopkins, who exploited the fears and hysteria that surrounded the occult during the 17th century in England to satisfy his own perverse views on so-called sinners. Self-proclaimed "WitchFinder General," he and his associates were responsible for more people being hanged for witchcraft than had been in all the previous 100 years combined. #WikiSleep #WitchHunter #Sleep #ScaryStory #Witchcraft #MentalHealth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.