
Crystal balls & contacting angels: predicting the future in early modern England
From HistoryExtra podcast
Published 11/5/2025
Eating the palpitating heart of a mole. Sleeping with a wolf's tooth under your pillow. Communicating with angels through a crystal ball. In the 16th and 17th centuries, people had many cunning methods for predicting the future. Historian Martha McGill shares some extraordinary stories of early…







