Tony Robinson's Gods & Monsters
Spanning 2,000 years, this series explores beliefs in gods, witches, demons, and evil spirits from Iron Age Britain's human sacrifices to the 16th-17th century witch hunts and exorcisms. Tony Robinson unveils dark corners of history.
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"Overall this has been a most interesting series, particularly episode 1 which explored the concerns our ancestors had that the dead could return if they didn't experience a "good" death, i.e. if they didn't receive the last rites (extreme unction, confession & absolution). So, unbelievably, suicides and others who died too quickly for their last rites were sometimes interred with stakes driven through them (Transylvania style) to stop their dead bodies "escaping the grave" to terrorise the living because they hadn't been properly equipped to leave this ..."
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Spanning 2,000 years, this series explores beliefs in gods, witches, demons, and evil spirits from Iron Age Britain's human sacrifices to the 16th-17th century witch hunts and exorcisms. Tony Robinson unveils dark corners of history.