# Malleus Maleficarum

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Transmuting the Legacy of Europe's Witch Trials in our Bodies, Lineages and Culture, with Andrea Livingston and Lysan Boshuyzen

Hosted by Matthew Green. Produced by J'aime Rothbard. During a 300-year period starting in the mid-fifteenth century, an estimated 40,000-60,000 people were executed in Europe after being found guilty of practising witchcraft. Taking into account the toll of lynchings, deaths from torture, prison …

The Dark That Dwells Audiobook by Matt Digman

Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: The Dark That DwellsCategories: Adventure, Fiction, Science Fiction, Space OperaAuthor: Matt DigmanNarrator: Rob BrinkmannPublisher: Matt Digman and Ryan RoddyRelease date: 07-22-2023Language: EnglishSummary:The first installment…

4. Who Invented Witches?

What if witches weren’t discovered at all... but invented? For centuries, Europeans feared magic, demons and heretics. But somewhere along the way, those separate fears were stitched together into something new: the witch, a servant of the Devil and member of a secret conspiracy threatening Christi…

What Caused Europe's Witch Hysteria?

Across early modern Europe, fear spread like wildfire; between the 15th and 17th centuries, tens of thousands were accused, tortured, and executed as witches. At its centre was a man named Heinrich Kramer, whose infamous book, Malleus Maleficarum, or The Hammer of Witches, fanned the flames of hyst…

The VVitch (2015) - Witches 1

Brian and Jeff Horror Joy begin a spooky-season series on witches by discussing Robert Eggers’ 2015 film The Witch, outlining its colonial New England setup in which an exiled Puritan family suffers escalating losses and turns toward suspicions of witchcraft and the devil, culminating in Black Phil…

The Rise and Fall of the European Witch Hunts: History, Causes, and End of an Age of Fear (1400–1775)

Immerse yourself in a captivating bedtime journey through the entire history of the European witch hunts, the age of fear and accusation that shaped centuries of life and law. In this extended episode, we unravel how superstition, theology, economic pressures, and political ambition converged to sp…

What can a 500-year-old book teach us about how dangerous ideas spread?

The phrase "ditch the witch" has reappeared in Australian politics recently to attack and criticise female politicians — always associated with images of broomsticks and pointy hats. But why do we picture witches that way, and why are they associated with evil? The answer lies in a 15th century boo…

The Bizarre Things Elizabethans Paid Magicians To Do

What if your local pharmacist, therapist, astrologer and relationship counsellor were all the same person? In Elizabethan London, people dealing with illness, money worries, problems in love or uncertainty about their future could turn to a cunning folk practitioner for answers. These early modern …

Are Male Witches Just Scientists? (Witches Vs. Logic)

Roast some marshmallows alongside us at the very-non-mystical Based Camp fire pit as we question whether the occult has become overly feminized and explore what masculine mysticism actually looks like. Our discussion examines historical figures often labeled as wizards, tracks word usage over centu…

The Succubus

Show Notes & Episode Overview Episode: #64Hosts: Paul and MichelleTopics: Succubi, Incubi, Parasitic Entities, Transhistorical Case Studies, and Energy Protection Episode Overview In Episode 64 of Spooky Coupe, hosts Paul and Michelle explore the unsettling transhistorical phenomenon of succubi and…