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Episode 209: Thick & Thin

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Aaron Mankey: The broomstick has been an object of folklore for a very long time. He says King James VI of Scotland was violently opposed to anything that smelled like witchcraft. In 1597 he published a book called Demonology, which was used as a political tool by the UK's religious community. After finding out about his dirty deed, the boy's parents forced him to enlist in the army and never return.

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