Witch Trial: Swimming Test

One of the most famous and cruelest of the witch trials was the “Swimming test” or as it was often called in Europe, the ”Floatation test”.
*This episode is not specifically about the Salem Witch trials, where no one was executed for witchcraft by burning. This is about witch trials in general: Hanging was most common, but burning did happen.

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Narrator:

Chris Kane
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Music Credit

Evening of Chaos Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sources:
The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca By Rosemary Guiley
Witch Hunts in Europe and America: An Encyclopaedia By William E. Burns