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January 20, 2008British Witchcraft Prosecution On Churchill's WatchI found the following intriguing note in an appendix of Churchill's V5, bk 2 of his WWII history, from April 3, 1944:
I had to follow up on that, of course. Here's what Google has to say. Helen Duncan was found guilty of witchcraft after telling a seance audience that a naval vessel had sunk. Posted by Jon Kay at January 20, 2008 09:37 PMComments
Now be fair there, Jon. She was NOT convicted of witchcraft. She was convicted under the Witchcraft Act for fraudulently claiming to communicate with the dead. To be convicted of witchcraft she's have had to be convicted of actually communicating with the dead. Posted by: Tully at January 21, 2008 09:42 PMPlease post a comment
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