Religious profiling or prudent safeguards? Wonder how this would be handled in the US today? Did I hear someone say, Gitmo her?

Campaign to pardon Britain’s last convicted witch

The granddaughter of Britain’s last convicted witch has launched a fresh campaign to gain a posthumous pardon for Helen Duncan, jailed at the height of World War Two as a threat to the nation.

“I will carry on fighting to clear her name,” said Mary Martin who still vividly remembers being taunted in the playground in 1944 as “witch spawn.”

“The memories are still fresh. It was so unfair. She was totally innocent. It was ludicrous she was ever taken to court,”

Duncan, a medium who conducted seances across the country, was arrested at a time when officials feared details of the upcoming D-Day landings in France could be revealed.
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Found guilty of witchcraft, Duncan was jailed for nine months.



  1. tallwookie says:

    Boil, Boil, Toil, and Trouble; Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble!

  2. Improbus says:

    Burn the witch!

  3. edwinrogers says:

    This story would make a good movie.

  4. Daniel S says:

    She turned me into a newt…. but I got better

  5. TheDuck says:

    She weighs the same as me! its true i tell you

  6. So What says:

    BFD, I’m MARRIED to a witch.

  7. OhForTheLoveOf says:

    If she isn’t pardoned – I am personally declaring war on all “Christian” nations….

    However, as one little man living in a small shack in the hoods eating cat food to survive, I will not pose any significant threat to the xian nations.

  8. Rob says:

    I just want to know when the GODDAM WITCHBLADE SERIES IS GONNA BE OUT ON DVD!

  9. Jägermeister says:

    #6 BFD, I’m MARRIED to a witch.

    And all this time I assumed you were French…

  10. Mr. Fusion says:

    #6, Ya, so,… You married her buddy so what does that say about YOUR choices.

    At least my first wife didn’t become drunk until after she had to wash my dirty underwear.

  11. Jägermeister says:

    #10 At least my first wife didn’t become drunk until after she had to wash my dirty underwear.

    *ROTFL* 😀 Thanks Mr. Fusion. Needed that laugh. 🙂


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