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Professor Marion Gibson
@witchesetc.bsky.social

Author of Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials (Simon and Schuster/Scribner, 2023/4). History, folklore, books, archives.

History 30%
Philosophy 23%

I found this fascinating… #books #bookshops #bookstores #authors

That was really interesting, thanks!

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Authors, I think you might enjoy this long interview with a independent bookstore buyer about how bookstores decide what books to stock and display: countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell
The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores
countercraft.substack.com

Can’t wait for the final? Try our take on #Traitors, #witchhunts, #folklore and #history, especially our favourite faithful @davidolusoga.bsky.social www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-181....
Episode 181
​Listen to the audio podcast on the player below:
www.thefolklorepodcast.com

This witch is a dog toy, believe it or not, called “Corrina Witch Flattie Toy”. She’s too pretty to let the dogs near her, so she’ll join my collection of bizarre seasonal clutter. Happy Halloween!

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🚨New podcast episode!🚨

Happy #Halloween ghosts and ghouls 👻 🎃 Check out our latest episode which embraces #SpookySeason and the supernatural with @witchesetc.bsky.social who discusses all things #Witches and #Witchcraft in #Hampshire and #England 🧙

hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/stories/podc...
Series 4: Episode 5 - Witches, Witchcraft and Local History - Hampshire Archive Trust
In this episode Daniella is joined by Professor Marion Gibson, to discuss witches and witch trials of the early modern period, witchcraft and local history.
hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk

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Happy Halloween!

Keep a close eye out today for witches being driven around the countryside by their root vegetable chauffeurs in a hollowed out marrow car.

More #Halloween goodness here with @folklorepod.bsky.social and me #witches #history #books - enjoy!
Episode 179: WITCHCRAFT - A HISTORY IN 13 TRIALS

Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-179.... or on your podcast app

or watch the interview on my YouTube channel at youtu.be/9pmAeCTqdtI and subscribe for future video releases.

@witchesetc.bsky.social returns to the Folklore Podcast!

Today I'll be giving a talk at The Wharf, Tavistock at 2pm. Come along if you're in the area and interested in witch trials, archival documents and family history

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For our third Local Legends interview of Haunting Season 2025 Martin chats with Dr Marion Gibson a.k.a. @witchesetc.bsky.social 🖤

Settle in for a good ol' chinwag about the relationship between the witch and Halloween, ghostly familiar spirits, The Exeter Book, and a whole bunch more...

Thanks!

Don’t know - I don’t yet have Sky History so still haven’t seen it…

#Halloween is a good time to be editing my next book, Witchland - including the story of Nazareth Fassett, prosecuted for being a woman who wouldn’t shut up (a scold or “objurgatrix”) years before her #witch trial

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Episode 179: WITCHCRAFT - A HISTORY IN 13 TRIALS

Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-179.... or on your podcast app

or watch the interview on my YouTube channel at youtu.be/9pmAeCTqdtI and subscribe for future video releases.

@witchesetc.bsky.social returns to the Folklore Podcast!

If you heard me talking about the 1652 “Maidstone witches” on Radio 5 Live and want to know more, here’s the original trial story: quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A8545...
A prodigious & tragicall history of the arraignment, tryall, confession, and condemnation of six witches at Maidstone, in Kent, at the assizes there held in July, Fryday 30. this present year. 1652. B...
quod.lib.umich.edu

New series Witches of Essex 14.10.25 Sky History 9pm with me, experts in crime, theatre, medicine, history, forensics, @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @goingmedieval.bsky.social and Rylan #witches #essex #history

Oh yes, that’s come out wrong hasn’t it! Thanks for noticing

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Join me online at 8pm on Saturday for a talk on Victorian spiritualism and mediumship from @icysedgwick.bsky.social

All profits support the work of the Folklore Library & Archive

Tickets just £5 including a recording of the talk after

Book now at

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-s...

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The 6th and final episode of our mini-series collaboration with @witches7hunt.bsky.social is now live.

In this one, @witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social discuss their favourite stories and the future of the research

Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/seven-county...
In 2026, the MSA Conference will look a bit different-- weird, even! That's because we're having a joint conference with BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough, UK from July 1- 4, 2026. The CFP will be out soon! But in the meantime, please save the date.

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NEW EPISODE

Episode 5 of the Seven County Witch Hunts mini-series is now live via www.thefolklorepodcast.com/seven-county... or your podcast app

@witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social discuss with me the infrequently examined topic of the environment relating to the witch hunts

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Eve looking so determined!

Should be both interesting and fun!

Here’s episode 4 of our project podcast with @folklorepod.bsky.social, about multigenerational families accused of witchcraft, “witch” children and familiars and their complicated histories ⬇️
Episode 4 of the Seven County Witch Hunt Project mini-series is now live.

WITCH FAMILIES AND GHOST FAMILIARS

Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/seven-county...

@witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social chat with me about family dynamics in witchcraft accusations

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Episode 4 of the Seven County Witch Hunt Project mini-series is now live.

WITCH FAMILIES AND GHOST FAMILIARS

Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/seven-county...

@witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social chat with me about family dynamics in witchcraft accusations

Ah - I’m on seventeenth century time as usual!

Out tomorrow!
Watch your feeds tomorrow as I'll be releasing episode 4 of my collaborative mini-series with @witches7hunt.bsky.social

@witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social join me to discuss the topic of WITCH FAMILIES AND GHOST FAMILARS in the witch hunts of the 17th century