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Appearances Over Time
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And just a wild time to be alive.
I mean, anytime I see a film from this time period, I'm always just shocked and...
Bewildered at how insane it must have been to and the fear that many women lived in trying to, you know, practice these things that were very innocent and harmless in nature.
And yet, you know, somebody comes along.
and they have a disagreement on beliefs with you, then before you know it, you could be cast into the cage where you would sit and wait and often be tormented, waiting for your fate to be decided.
I mean, it's just a whole other level of brutalness.
But what if I told you...
that one of the most terrifying medieval witch prisons in England still stands today.
And some say that the spirits of the accused have never left.
In this small village of St.
Ossith sits an ordinary building that the locals call the Cage.
But behind its simple walls lies a chilling history.
In the late 1500s, it was a jail that held women accused of witchcraft during the village's brutal witch trials.
They were locked away, waiting to face interrogation, harsh judgment, and a grim fate.
Some say the suffering that filled that house over 400 years ago never faded away.
And over the centuries, stories surrounding the cage have only grown darker.
And what makes it even more unsettling is that the old jail was eventually renovated into a home with people living within the same walls that once imprisoned suspected witches.
Visitors have reported hearing noises when no one is present and seeing apparitions appear before their eyes.
Some people have even experienced being physically attacked by an unseen presence.
Because of many accounts like this, the cage is considered one of the most haunted locations in the United Kingdom.