Episode 137 - Samhain Superstitions - The Burning of Bridget Cleary

The newspapers reported it, the whole world ran with it, Gross Ignorance Amongst the Irish Peasantry" (the Southern Echo, England, July 11th 1895) or "Darkest Ireland" (The Anderson Intelligencer, South Carolina, July 10th 1895). “Witch Burning Case” (Glasgow Herald, July 5th 1895) - they had it all wrong. She wasn't a witch. Brigid Cleary was a farie!