Explore the chilling and true stories behind the new Nat Geo series Witches: Truth Behind The Trials on Sunday night.
Just as the calendar is about to flip to October, National Geographic will unveil a terrifying series that is unbelievably true. It is impossible to imagine that thousands of mostly women were tried for a crime in Europe and America for a crime that was literally impossible to commit. But unfortunately that is exactly what happened and Nat Geo is here to tell the whole story in the premiere of Witches: Truth Behind the Trials on Sunday.
Many students in this country were taught about the Salem Witch Trials here in America in the late 17th century in Massachusetts. But that is not where the story begins in this series. This Nat Geo show will mostly explore similar trials in Europe. The premiere episode on Sunday night will show how the witch hunts began in Germany and this story will extend into the second episode. The series will end with the Salem Witch Trials, but along the way we will hear about similar trials in Scotland, England and Sweden.
How to Watch Witches: Truth Behind The Trials Today:
Date: Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024
Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
TV: Nat Geo
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This will be a six-part series recreating the lives of these people who were framed as witches and their witch-hunters explained by knowledgeable historians. The histeria behind blaming these people for being supernatural feels ignorant at best, but watching the series it is hard not to be reminded that history repeats itself.
Whether it is present day or another century, humankind has a tendency to other people when they are afraid and this is not specific to one specific continent. This series is a chance to learn from the past so we don’t repeat the same mistakes for the 21st century.
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