195. Jamy Ian Swiss — The Conjuror’s Conundrum
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Duke of Brunswick and the Witch Trials
Duke of brunswick invited two learned and famous jesuits, both of whom believed in torture as a means of eliciting a confession. The woman promptly confessed that indeed she had seen both men turn themselves into goats, wolves and other animals. They had fathered many children with heads like goats and legs like spiders. Macki narrates, this was convincing proof to both of them that thousands of persons had suffered unfairly.
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