Suffer, Witch, Suffer

It was a time when evil walked the land, when witches danced naked in the moonlight and put curses on innocent people. It was also a time of Witch Finders, professional men who went from town to town, seeking out those who might be witches and “putting them to the question”, a polite way of saying that they were tortured until they confessed.

In this time and place, there came Henry Mathews to the small town of Shrewsbury. It was not long before he had half a dozen of the prettiest girls in ...