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Introducing: The Vardø Witch Trials

September 9, 2026 · 3 min

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Inside the Arctic witch hunt that lasted 70 years.

Everyone knows Salem. Almost nobody knows Vardø. On an island at the very top of Norway, 91 people died in the country's deadliest witch hunt, most of them women.

The Vardø Witch Trials. A historical documentary from Lisa Williams.

Launching 1 October, with new episodes weekly.

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