The Pendle Witch Hunt (Documentary, 2016)

The Pendle witch trials are largely folklore from a true story and the subsequent trials of the Pendle witches in 1612, and perhaps the best recorded of any witch trial that was held in 17th century Britain.

The twelve accused lived in the area surrounding Pendle Hill Lancashire and were charged with the murders of ten people by the use of witchcraft All but two were tried at Lancaster Assizes on 18–19 August 1612, along with the Salmesbury Witches and others, in a series of trials that have become known as the Lancashire witch trials. One was tried at York Assizes on 27 July 1612, and another died in prison. Of the eleven who went to trial – nine women and two men – ten were found guilty and executed by hanging; one was found not guilty.