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Old Timey Crimey #137: Helen Duncan - “Crafty Science”

Old Timey Crimey
Old Timey Crimey
Episode • Oct 29, 2021 • 1h 22m

We finish off Spookyween with a discussion on Helen Duncan, also known as Britain's Last Witch, and how she attracted the UK military's ire for one of her seances. 

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Sources:

The Scotsman

HMS Barham Explosion & Sinking

Wiki: HMS Barham

Ben Johnson on Historic UK

The Statues Project

Debbie Wojciechowski on Medium Debbie

Charlotte Hodgman on History Extra Magazine

Laura Brown in Scots Magazine

Ectoplasm

Newspapers.com:

Boston Globe

Evening Standard

The Guardian

Severin Carrell in the Guardian

From ectoplasm to 'dead' aunts - the story of Scotland's last convicted witch

Helen Duncan

Helen Duncan Official Site

A British Woman Was Convicted Under a Witchcraft Law During WWII

The Helen Duncan Story, Clan Duncan Society - Scotland UK

Music:

Plucky Daisy by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4226-plucky-daisy
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Breaktime by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3457-breaktime
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-plan
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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