00:00:00.200Hi, I'm Clare Mitchell, QC. Welcome to the Witches of Scotland podcast.
00:00:05.220I'm a lawyer who specialises in miscarriage of justice cases,
00:00:08.740and we're bringing you this podcast because we want to tell you0.61
00:00:11.580about the women who were accused, prosecuted, convicted,
00:00:15.720and ultimately executed as witches in Scotland.
00:00:18.780I'm Zoe Vendetotsi, and I'm a writer who's always had an interest in the witches,
00:00:23.040and I feel that this dark mark against Scotland needs a reckoning.
00:00:26.720The campaign Witches of Scotland wants three things.
00:00:29.580Firstly, a pardon for all those convicted of witchcraft.
00:00:33.120Secondly, an apology for all those who were accused as witches.
00:00:37.420And finally, a national monument in recognition of all those who were affected by this terrible miscarriage of justice.
00:00:44.420Over the forthcoming weeks, we'll be talking to a whole host of experts about the history and the modern day connections to the witches of Scotland.
00:00:53.580Hello and welcome to episode 15 of the Witches of Scotland podcast.
00:16:01.040So we're going to try and send it across to her
00:16:02.520and hopefully she'll be able to get this going.
00:16:04.760So thank you, Mrs Many, from the other women of Scotland here.
00:16:09.020And we very much appreciate that you're part of the campaign to rid Scotland of its history of witches and bring them back to being women again.
00:16:18.840We also have been contacted by another lawyer, Zoe, and that is a lawyer who you may, if you've seen some of our social media stuff,0.99
00:16:29.300She is a fantastic singer and musician, and she has written a song called The Witches of Bergarin about the Paisley witch hunt.