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Visit the most haunted Inn on the witchcraft trail
Newcastle WitchCraft Trial & Trail
Witchcraft, Spells, Execution, love, murder....
Dare you walk with our witch into a place where witchcraft was shund and thow accused of dancing with a beast known as the devil where hung.
Walk in the shadow of they, who have died before ye walked this earth.
Hear the stories of true witch trials in old Newcastle.
Told by Alone In The Dark Entertainments very own witch and medium.
"For thy time has come for thee witch to be dun,
See thy innocent hung
Thy cries of fear a drip of a tear,
Gallo ropes blow throw wind and moor,
The sounds of gasping slow
Within thy end thee cry executed upon the Town Moor on the 21st 1649
Dumped down low in the weed and heather of St Andrew grow
Bones be hexed cursed and vexed
As black shadow shift the night will drift in time long forgot
For whether he or she was a witch or not"
NEWCASTLE'S WITCHCRAFT TRAIL
Does the idea of a "witch" still conjure images of cackling old hags stirring bubbling brews whilst black cats wrap around their legs as the full moon rises? Still think that they're hitching rides on broomsticks across the night sky of Salem? Well forget a trip to the states when we have the one and only true witchcraft tour in Old England
Take a journey back in time, on this guided tour, to discover the truth and facts surrounding the subject of Witchcraft. Confront the grim realities of the Medieval Hysteria, the terrifying Witch hunts of Newcastle in 1649, nonsensical superstition and horrifying torture. Learn the truth behind the legends, superstitions and centuries of deadly propaganda. Dare to explore the ancient ways and modern days practices and beliefs of real Witches and then define for yourself what being a "Witch" really means.
The one and only REAL Witchcraft Tour of Newcastle!
Learn the secrets of spell-casting from a real witch in of Newcastle's most haunted Inn then let us take you on a personally guided walking tour of the Witchcraft and Occult history of old Newcastle.
Hear the untold stories of the Newcastle witch trials.
Visit the haunted Offshore44 Inn where witches once lived and died. Have a nice ice cold drink and listen to some tails of witchcraft and ghostly goings on and evan see how to cast a spell. There is also a small tuck shop selling witchraft goods and books.
The opprobrious epithet of witch-county which has tenaciously clung to Newcastle since 1649 is due to the fact that the witch trials and executions took place on the town moor and Newcastle Qauyside. The source of the eccused which resulted in the death for alleged witchcraft of 14 persons within 2 months in the City of Newcastle. At the time it was a cold harsh time as the English Civil War beganIn 1642 In 1645 Charles surrendered to the Scots and was imprisoned in Newcastle for nine months, According to royalists, Charles II became king when his father Charles I was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, the climax of the English Civil War England was in a sad state of pitty with the king Dead and the witchfinders accusing any woman that looked old and hagged of been a witch.
The witchcounty title vanished in the erly 1800s and was forgoten for almost 300 yrs, Untill now.....
About the Newcastle Witch Trials
March 26, 1649 - WITCH TRIALS
(Newcastle)
Twenty-seven out of 30 suspected witches are found guilty of witchcraft at Newcastle. Fourteen are executed on the Town Moor. One man is executed for being a wizard. Newcastle Council had suggested all witches be brought to trial, so magistrates sent for a Scottish witch finder called Cuthbert Nicholson. The Newcastle bellman invited people to report suspected witches. Thirty women were brought to the Town Hall and stripped to their waist. Nicholson pushed a pin under their clothes to pierce their skin. If they did not bleed they were declared witches. Nicholson was later executed in Scotland for trickery. He confessed responsibility for the deaths of 220 women. He was paid 20 shillings for each witch captured.
THE STORIES ARE TRUE, THE PEOPLE ARE REAL!
And their secrets can only be told by ONE OF THEM!
Join The Witchcraft Trail of Old Newcastle
Join The Witchcraft Trail of Old Newcastle
When can we see the witch trail ?
Starting Every Saturday at 11.30am, 1.45pm, 3.30pm from June 14th 2008
At what expence shall I see a witch trialed ?
The cost for the tour is only £6.00 per person. Kids £1.50 with a cheep drink in one of the most haunted Inns In old Newcastle, plus water bombs !!
Where is the witch trile held ?
The trail starts out side the old Guildhall with a short roll play of a witch trial set in 1649
The witchcraft trail starts outside the Tourist Information Center
The Guildhall
Quayside
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 3AF
Open: Monday - Friday 9.30am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm. CLICK HERE FOR ACCSES TO LOCATION
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