In Part 2 of The Devil's Dominion, enter the witch-finder's world where every shadow hides evidence of evil and pet cats prove diabolic conspiracy. Discover how Matthew Hopkins, the self-proclaimed "Witch-Finder General," professionalized witch-hunting through systematic methods that transformed East Anglia into a killing ground.

Explore the supernatural signs that marked someone as a witch: the "witch's marks" where familiar spirits supposedly suckled blood, the demonic servants with names like Pyewacket and Vinegar-Tom, and the ritual incantations that could kill from a distance. Learn how Lady Fowlis's poison-making, Alison Pearson's fairy consultations for healing, and weather magic against the Scottish crown became evidence of cosmic conspiracy.

But the darkest revelation comes through examining the systematic torture that transformed innocent people into confessed servants of Satan. From Scottish thumb-screws and "boots" that crushed bones, to sleep deprivation that induced hallucinations interpreted as familiar spirit visitations, discover how learned professionals designed procedures that reliably produced supernatural confessions while maintaining appearances of legitimate investigation.

Through accounts from the 1847 London Journal, witness how shape-shifting accusations connected injured cats to wounded women, how the swimming test drowned the innocent while "proving" the guilty floated, and how King James VI took "great delight" in extracting weather magic confessions. These weren't primitive cruelties but sophisticated techniques that created their own evidence through physiological and psychological destruction.

Part 2 of a 2-part series on the supernatural evidence and systematic torture of witch persecution.

Content Advisory: Contains detailed historical accounts of torture methods, systematic violence, and the persecution of vulnerable populations, particularly women.