The Real Witch Hunters

In this short article, we will present you the people who are known for witch hunting in their communities, and when they finally got them, they use the scariest possible methods. Because of these people, many women were tortured and killed!

Matthew Hopkins

Hopkins was an Englishman who has worked as a lawyer before becoming a witch-hunter to earn extra money. He was known for torturing suspected witches through a dream.

Pierre de Lankri

Accusations of witchcraft were common in the provinces of France early 1600s. De Lankri was appointed a judge of Bordeaux by the king and was responsible for handling accusations of witchcraft. Over a period of 4 months, he killed about 80 people who were accused of witchcraft.

Johan Von Sonenberg

Johan was the archbishop who worked for most witch trials in British history. The trials lasted more than 10 years, and there were about 368 executions.

Peter Binsfeld

Binsfeld was a German theologian of the 16th century and he was considered as a true expert in witchcraft. He even wrote a book on the subject. He believed that an accusation is sufficient to initiate trial and torture of suspected witches. He even thought about the torture of children of alleged witches.

Alonso de Salazar Frias

Alonso de Salazar Frias was also known as "witch's lawyer." He was against witchcraft, but he thought it was a criminal offense and should be punished by death. Also, he thought that the prosecution was sufficient evidence that someone is engaging in witchcraft. During this period of the Inquisition, 7,000 people were charged, but only 31 were convicted and 11 were executed.

Baltazar von Dernbach

Baltazar was a Benedictine monk during the 16th century. He started to work against Protestantism and forced those who had changed their faith to return to the Catholic. Later he focused on witches and forced a confession out of more than 200 women.

Nicolas Remi

Remi had a reputation as the best fighter in the history of the witches. He was a French judge in the 16th century, who was involved in the prosecution and execution of more than 900 witches. He worked as a lawyer, then a historian, but his fascination with witches appeared after the death of his son. He believed that he was cursed by a beggar.

Roger Novel

Novel was a local English judge who was working when accusations of witchcraft raged through Europe. He knew that the king at that time hated witches and began to search them and condemns to ingratiate himself with the king.