The Witches of Venegono – A Witch Hunt Before the Inquisition

In the early 1500s, long before the Holy Inquisition was officially established, a small village in Northern Italy became the scene of a chilling witch trial.In Venegono Superiore, seven women were accused of witchcraft, imprisoned in the castle still standing above the town, and sentenced to die by fire.Tortured, judged, and condemned — not by history’s better-known tribunals, but by local forces in the region of Seprio, Lombardy.This haunting story reminds us how, sometimes, shadows take over before the world even realizes it’s gone dark.🎙️ Voice and script by Lucia Laura Ferrari🎼 Original music by Kingsley Elliot Kaye