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Malcolm Gaskill explores the incredible story of Helen Duncan, the last woman to be convicted and imprisoned under the 1735 Witchcraft Act <\/p>

By Charlotte Hodgman\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 03 November 2023 at 07:09 AM<\/p>

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Nicknamed \u2018Hellish Nell\u2019 from childhood, spiritualist medium Helen Duncan made a living from claiming to communicate with the spirits of the dead at seances around Britain. But in 1944, her \u2018psychic predictions\u2019 of wartime tragedy saw her become the last person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act of 1735. Malcolm Gaskill explores the remarkable events that led to Duncan\u2019s incarceration and investigates the mysterious world of 20th-century spiritualism.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n

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