Matthew Hopkins: The Witchfinder General Who Turned East Anglia Into a Terror Landscape

The episode tracks Matthew Hopkins’ brief career during the English Civil War and how he exploited political chaos to conduct an unprecedented witch‑hunting campaign in Norfolk, Suffolk and beyond. It examines the methods he used, the role of local communities, and what contemporary records say about the violence he perpetrated versus later myths that have made him a folklore figure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices