The Witch Trial of World War Two
The Witch Trial of World War Two  
Podcast: After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
Published On: Mon Nov 09 2026
Description: In 1944, Helen Duncan, better known as ‘Hellish Nell’, found herself on trial under a centuries-old witchcraft law. But who was she, what had she done, and how did a medium who claimed to speak to the dead end up in the dock at the Old Bailey?View the image described in this episode here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helen_Duncan_fake_ectoplasm_B.jpg#/media/File:Helen_Duncan_fake_ectoplasm.jpgEdited by Tim Arstall. Produced by Tomos Delargy. Senior Producer is Freddy Chick.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.You can take part in our listener survey here.All music from Epidemic Sounds.After Dark is a History Hit podcast.History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards. Click to place your vote on the Spotify mobile app: https://open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.