witches of essex

3 x 60 for Sky History

Behind Essex’s beautiful coastlines and TOWIE glamour lies a dark history, rooted in suspicion, the supernatural, misogyny, torture and death. Essex resident Rylan teams up with anthropologist Professor Alice Roberts to investigate one of the darkest and most harrowing chapters in Essex’s history, that witnessed the murder of hundreds of innocent women accused of witchcraft. Fascinated by the supernatural, Rylan is Mulder to Alice’s Sculley, this historical crime mystery investigates the truth behind the most infamous witch trials in England. 

Watch Witches of Essex on Sky History here.