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The Witches of St Osyth

by Marion Gibson

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Start the Week, BBC Radio 4 · February 6, 2023

Power, violence and witches

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Tells the story of the sixteen women and one man accused of sorcery in a small rural village in 1582, exploring how power and superstition collide in witch-trials and the devastation wrought on a community by violence and betrayal.

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