The Folklore Podcast

The Folklore Podcast


Seven County Witch Hunts Ep.3 - GENDER AND WITCHCRAFT

July 08, 2025

The third episode of our mini-series looking at the witch hunts headed up by Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne looks at the most stereotypical of subjects - that of gender. Just how many of the accused were women and how did gender figure in the hunts and the ways in which they were carried out?


The Seven County Witch Hunt Project podcast series is produced by The Folklore Podcast, and host Mark Norman is in conversation with Professor Marion Gibson and Dr Tabitha Stanmore.


The Seven County Witch Hunt Project was based at the University of Exeter, and funded by the Leverhulme Trust.