
The WW2 Witch Trial of Hellish Nell
From Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
Published 10/10/2023

From Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
Published 10/10/2023
What made a working class woman from Edinburgh become such a threat to British intelligence services during the Second World War, that they tried her as a witch?In today's episode, we're telling you the story of Helen Duncan, aka Hellish Brown, a medium who lays claim to being the last woman in…