A visitor trail about witch trials in the 16th and 17th centuries is being brought to life by augmented reality. The Tendring Witch Heritage Trail is set in Harwich, Manningtree, St Osyth and ...

“To be honest, the one thought that really went through my mind sitting in the court room was witch trials … trying to make her advocacy fit into some kind of vilification,” Ms Bastiaan said.

In 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, mass hysteria rang out as teen girls began acting erratically, citing witches were to blame.

Authors Claire Madison and Zoe Venditozzi, known for their podcast The Witches of Scotland, look at the history of the Scottish witch trials, and why hysteria seemed to take grip of Scotland.