Posts tagged with ‘witchcraft’

  • This Day in History August 24, 1751

    By Ruth on August 24, 2013
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    I knew about the Salem Witch Trials in this country, but I knew little about what happened in England.  On this date in 1751, Thomas Colley, an English chimney sweep, was executed for murdering a supposed witch.  I won’t go into detail about what he did (click on the first link below, and you can read about his barbarity).  On […]