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Podcast: Standard Issue Podcast
Episode: SIM Ep 784 Chops 230: Mellany Robinson investigates wicked spirits
Description: In Essex alone, around 1000 people – predominantly women – were accused of witchcraft between the 1500s to 1800s, as part of the now infamous English witch trials. As the jail where many of the accused were held, Colchester Castle played a key role, and so Colchester Museums have teamed up with the Museum of British Folklore and the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle to create an exhibition about the witch trials, and the people who fell victim to them.In this week’s Chops, Jen catches up with Mellany Robinson, projects manager of the British Museum of Folk...