Episode 31 - Live Special! Witchcraft and Folk Magic

Curses! Lice! Urine! Witch balls! A special episode recorded at our second live event, held at the Museum of Cambridge on 28th October 2022. Using examples from the Museum’s wonderful collection of artefacts from historical Cambridge and the surrounding lands (along with a few homemade props), we explore beliefs about witchcraft and the kinds of protective magic that the people of East Anglia used to guard against curses and the evil eye.

If your podcast client supports chapter art you can see the slides from the night along with this episode, otherwise head over to our blog to see all.

Episode photograph: corp chreadh, © Museum of Cambridge