Professor Marion Gibson
@witchesetc.bsky.social
Author of Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials (Simon and Schuster/Scribner, 2023/4). History, folklore, books, archives.
New book cover!!! Out in July, telling stories of accused “witches” in #Essex #Suffolk #Norfolk #Berkshire #Newcastle #Cornwall and #Lothian This is the UK and Commonwealth cover 🩷
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New book cover!!! Out in July, telling stories of accused “witches” in #Essex #Suffolk #Norfolk #Berkshire #Newcastle #Cornwall and #Lothian This is the UK and Commonwealth cover 🩷
Reposted by Professor Marion Gibson
It was a cracking evening - and do check out our interview with Marion as released just before Halloween this year. And her *brilliant* books of course, in case you haven't already! 🖤
#witchcraft #witches #witchy
#witchcraft #witches #witchy
If you missed my chat with @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social @candiamckormack.bsky.social with music and folklore from @threeravenspod.bsky.social and @inkubussukkubus.bsky.social then you can catch up here: www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It was a cracking evening - and do check out our interview with Marion as released just before Halloween this year. And her *brilliant* books of course, in case you haven't already! 🖤
#witchcraft #witches #witchy
#witchcraft #witches #witchy
If you missed my chat with @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social @candiamckormack.bsky.social with music and folklore from @threeravenspod.bsky.social and @inkubussukkubus.bsky.social then you can catch up here: www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If you missed my chat with @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social @candiamckormack.bsky.social with music and folklore from @threeravenspod.bsky.social and @inkubussukkubus.bsky.social then you can catch up here: www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk
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
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
And one final #Halloween treat…
🚨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...
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
October 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
And one final #Halloween treat…
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
October 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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....
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!
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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!
Reposted by Professor Marion Gibson
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.
Keep a close eye out today for witches being driven around the countryside by their root vegetable chauffeurs in a hollowed out marrow car.
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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.
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!
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!
October 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
More #Halloween goodness here with @folklorepod.bsky.social and me #witches #history #books - enjoy!
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
October 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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
Reposted by Professor Marion Gibson
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...
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...
October 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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...
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...
#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
October 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
#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
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
October 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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...
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
October 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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
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Come to my talk about 19th century spiritualism in Newcastle and Manchester tomorrow! It has fraudulent mediums, clairvoyant doctors, and angry letters to the press!
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...
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...
September 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Come to my talk about 19th century spiritualism in Newcastle and Manchester tomorrow! It has fraudulent mediums, clairvoyant doctors, and angry letters to the press!
Reposted by Professor Marion Gibson
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 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...
August 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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 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...
Reposted by Professor Marion Gibson
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.
August 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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.
Reposted by Professor Marion Gibson
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
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
August 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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
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
Gloucester History Festival is staging a Witch Night, with history, music and theatre - do come along!
www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/witch...
www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/witch...
Witch Night! Blackfriars Bewitched - Gloucester History Festival
£12 / £7 Livestreamed Step into the candlelit shadows of Blackfriars Priory as Witch Night weaves its dark enchantment. Witchcraft historians Marion Gibson and Owen Davies join Janina Ramirez to uncov...
www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Gloucester History Festival is staging a Witch Night, with history, music and theatre - do come along!
www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/witch...
www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/witch...
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
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
July 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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 ⬇️
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
@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
July 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Out tomorrow!
Reposted by Professor Marion Gibson
Our new book DEVON'S FORGOTTEN WITCHES 1860-1910 comes out on Aug 21
"Packed with fascinating stories and carefully researched .. important and a delight to read" @witchesetc.bsky.social
We have been given permission to ship from early August, so be the first to have one!
bit.ly/forgottenwitches
"Packed with fascinating stories and carefully researched .. important and a delight to read" @witchesetc.bsky.social
We have been given permission to ship from early August, so be the first to have one!
bit.ly/forgottenwitches
July 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Our new book DEVON'S FORGOTTEN WITCHES 1860-1910 comes out on Aug 21
"Packed with fascinating stories and carefully researched .. important and a delight to read" @witchesetc.bsky.social
We have been given permission to ship from early August, so be the first to have one!
bit.ly/forgottenwitches
"Packed with fascinating stories and carefully researched .. important and a delight to read" @witchesetc.bsky.social
We have been given permission to ship from early August, so be the first to have one!
bit.ly/forgottenwitches
Episode 3 from our witch hunt history series is out! 😀
COMING SOON...
Episode 3 of The Seven County Witch Hunts - a Folklore Podcast mini-series featuring @witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social of @witches7hunt.bsky.social is in the final stages of production.
GENDER AND WITCHCRAFT: coming to the Folklore Podcast feed very soon.
Episode 3 of The Seven County Witch Hunts - a Folklore Podcast mini-series featuring @witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social of @witches7hunt.bsky.social is in the final stages of production.
GENDER AND WITCHCRAFT: coming to the Folklore Podcast feed very soon.
July 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Episode 3 from our witch hunt history series is out! 😀
Early birthday present from a charity shop on the Barbican, Plymouth 😀
July 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Early birthday present from a charity shop on the Barbican, Plymouth 😀