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Witch Trial: The Last Witches in England | After Dark

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The Hidden History of Irish Wakes | A...

The Hidden History of Irish Wakes | A...

Watch this full episode of After Dark with Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling where they chat about ancient Irish burial traditions, keening, Irish wakes, and funerary rites. Joined by special guest historian Dan Snow, they explore the lost Gaelic ritual of "keening" — a powerful, thousand-year-ol...
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The Gruesome Reality Of Life At Sea |...

The Gruesome Reality Of Life At Sea |...
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Who Was The Faerie Witch Of Cornwall?...

Who Was The Faerie Witch Of Cornwall?...

Ann Jeffries's story of faeries and witchcraft in Cornwall is explored in this After Dark episode. Watch the full chat with Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling where they talk to Bodmin Jail manager Jess Marlton about this unbelievable 17th-century case of prophecy, imprisonment, and the English Ci...