Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch

Title

Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch

Genre

Drama

TX Date

28 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:47:27

Description

Dramatisation of the life of Mary Bateman who was an English criminal with self-proclaimed supernatural powers, known as the Yorkshire Witch, who was tried and executed for witchcraft during the early 19th century. It covers her life from a domestic servant through to her trial for poisoning Rebecca Perigo.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Crime; Homicide; Trials; Poisoning; Theft; Witches; Witchcraft; Mary Bateman; Superstitions; Rebecca Perigo

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