TRACEY NORMAN is an historian and author with a particular interest in witchcraft cases. She is the author of the acclaimed play
WITCH, using actual witch trial documents to tell the story of a (fictional) woman accused of witchcraft by a neighbour. Tracey co-authored
Dark Folklore with her husband Mark for The History Press in 2020 and has also published the pamphlet ‘Cards, Cocoa and Charms’ which examines some obscure Devon witchcraft cases. Both Tracey and Mark give talks on folklore related subjects and write columns and articles for newspapers, periodicals and websites.
How did our ancestors use the concept of demons to explain sleep paralysis? Is that carving in the porch of your local church really what you think it is? And what's that tapping noise on the roof of your car..? The fields of folklore have never been more popular – a recent resurgence...
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