Finding Folklore in Witch Trial Records with KELDEN

Update: 2025-11-16

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Kelden explores the folklore and beliefs surrounding the witch craze of the 1600s, proposing that the trial transcripts document a form of collaborative storytelling whose influence and legacy are still unfolding in modern craft and folklore.

See Kelden's latest work: https://keldenmercury.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/new-book-release-hickety-pickety-a-witchs-guide-to-folklore/

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