Witch Hunt: A Century of Murder

Travelling to Scotland and Denmark, Suzannah challenges the accepted wisdom that King James VI of Scotland, later James I of England, was responsible for stirring up the witch hysteria. She also tells the story of Scotland's first ever mass witch trial in 1590.

Matthew Hopkins was an opportunistic young Puritan who seized the zeitgeist and profited greatly from denouncing hundreds of innocent people. Prepared to bend the rules and break the law if necessary, he enjoyed an enormous rise in popularity, crowning it with his self-endowed title Witchfinder General.