Helen Duncan, (Not) Scotland’s Last Witch

<p>Helen Duncan is sometimes described as Scotland’s last witch, or the last person imprisoned for witchcraft in Britain, or the last person to be tried under the UK’s 1735 Witchcraft Act. None of those are quite accurate.</p> <p>Research:</p> <ul> <li>Undiscovered Scotland. “Helen Duncan.” <a href="https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/d/helenduncan.html">https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/d/helenduncan.html</a></li> <li>“Scotland’s Last Witch.” Modern Scotland. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/modern/oddities_modern.shtml">https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/modern/oddities_modern.shtml</a></li> <li>“Britain's 'last witch': Campaign to pardon Helen Duncan.” 6/15/2012. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-18456106">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-18456106</a></li> <li>Atkins, Harry. “Helen Duncan: Britain’s Last Witch.” History Hit. 6/10/2022. <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/helen-duncan-britains-last-witch/">https://www.historyhit.com/helen-duncan-britains-last-witch/</a></li> <li>Brown, Laura. “Helen Duncan.” The Scots Magazine. <a href="https://www.scotsmagazine.com/articles/series/a-z-of-great-scots-helen-duncan/">https://www.scotsmagazine.com/articles/series/a-z-of-great-scots-helen-duncan/</a></li> <li>Price, Harry. “The Cheese-Cloth Worshippers by Harry Price.” Leaves from a Psychist's Case-Book (Victor Gollancz, 1933).</li> <li>Meier, Allison C. “Ectoplasm and the Last British Woman Tried for Witchcraft.” JSTOR Daily. 9/13/2018. <a href="https://daily.jstor.org/ectoplasm-and-the-last-british-woman-tried-for-witchcraft/">https://daily.jstor.org/ectoplasm-and-the-last-british-woman-tried-for-witchcraft/</a></li> <li>Team Mighty. “A British Woman Was Convicted Under a Witchcraft Law During WWII.” The Archive. 9/7/2021. <a href="https://explorethearchive.com/helen-duncan">https://explorethearchive.com/helen-duncan</a></li> <li>McPherson, Hamish. “The truth about the UK's last witch Helen Duncan.” The National. 5/8/2018. <