John Lowes, the elderly vicar of Brandeston in Suffolk who was accused of witchcraft by his own parish.

The witchfinder whose reign of terror has been nearly forgotten.

How does a twenty-five year old minister’s son become the infamous Witchfinder General?

Who were the Essex ‘witches’? An encyclopedia on the thirty-six accused women.

Thirty-six Essex women faced judgement. More than half would be sent to the gallows.

Fifteen Essex towns and villages were consumed by the fear of witches in 1645.

The two magistrates determined to free Essex from Satan’s power.

Colchester as the witches and witchfinders knew it.

The imprisonment of the Essex witches and interrogation of Rebecca West.

Discover what remains of the witch-hunt in Manningtree, Mistley, and Lawford.

Exploring how today’s Manningtree remembers the witch-hunt victims.

England’s largest and deadliest witch-hunt began in a small town in March 1645.