Malking Tower
In the summer of 1612, a woman named Alice Nutter walked to her death. She was not like the others who stood beside her on the gallows, gaunt women worn hollow by poverty. Alice Nutter was a woman of property in Lancashire, a woman of standing, and—most damningly—a woman who did not easily bow her head. This episode brings you a story of fear, injustice, and resistance in early modern England: the story of the Pendle witch trials.
Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben with original music by Purple Planet.
Music
Purple Planet - A New World
Purple Planet - Deadlock
Purple Planet - Introspection
Purple Planet - Leave Without Me
Purple Planet - Sense of Loss
Purple Planet - Shadowlands
Sources
Primary
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Secondary
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