For decades women were rounded up and hunted down, as fear took hold in small villages and towns.
Legends of alleged 'witches' have been embedded into the fabric of English folklore with barbaric trials taking place in towns across the country to 'confirm' a woman was, in fact, a 'witch'. Accused women were "tried, drowned and hanged" in brutal trials based on unfounded allegations.
Most would associate 'witches' with the Pendle witch trials but these unfair attacks on women also happened a little closer to home. For generations, residents across St Helens have heard "whispers" of folktales and witchcraft dating back hundreds of years.
