A TV personality examines historical witch trials from the 16th and 17th centuries in three separate Essex locations for his latest documentary series.
Former This Morning presenter Rylan Clark is co-hosting a documentary series on Sky History called Witches of Essex, alongside anthropologist Professor Alice Roberts.
“one of the darkest chapters in British history: the state-sanctioned murder of hundreds of innocent women on charges of witchcraft”
The series premiered with an episode investigating the Chelmsford witch trial of 1566.
Author's summary: Rylan Clark explores Essex witch trials.