The Witchfinder General Reacts to the Exoneration of the Last Salem Witch

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  • Ill tidings from Andover, i'the County of Essex: Elizabeth Johnson, Jr., a slave of the Devil convicted of witchcraft in the late trials at Salem, is to be formally exonerated of her diabolical crimes. Thus, the Witchfinder General of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, driven by conscience of duty to God, shall utterly refute the protestations of those faithless witch-advocates who doubt that that the court at Salem judged aright.
    "What's up with the weird accent?" It's a rendition of Original Early Modern English Pronunciation, commonly abbreviated as OP, an accent reconstructed by a linguist and Shakespeare scholar that's our best guess as to what people in southern England sounded like in the 17th century.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 884

  • @HistorywithCy
    @HistorywithCy 2 роки тому +2197

    I gotta say, the Witchfinder General has been growing on me. If he had a primetime cable talk show, I'd watch it.

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 2 роки тому +68

      Ah, one who sees the Lord’s truth through the eyes of his most diligent servant!

    • @thewingedserpent5823
      @thewingedserpent5823 2 роки тому

      the witchfinder general interviewing the satanic celebrities of Hollywood. That would make for great television.

    • @deesnutz42069
      @deesnutz42069 2 роки тому +21

      idk know about host, but he would've been a great late 90s-early 00s late night with conan character

    • @telegraphjames4542
      @telegraphjames4542 2 роки тому +43

      I can't stop laughing about this. Uh yeah, your family might be crazy for watching FOX or even OAN, but MY family gathers round to watch the good old Real Puritan Beliefs of the VVitchfinder General every night

    • @kyledixon7489
      @kyledixon7489 2 роки тому +12

      He is my favorite Atun Shei character!

  • @melg1621
    @melg1621 2 роки тому +907

    What does it say about me that being berated for corruption and unworthiness by the Witchfinder General just makes my day?

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 2 роки тому +90

      Thou art a true Christian

    • @nrsrymj
      @nrsrymj 2 роки тому +18

      Well youre Mel Gibson clearly, a well known masochist

    • @audiolatroushearetic1822
      @audiolatroushearetic1822 2 роки тому +1

      That you are indeed a most wretched sinner, indulging in pride and glee in the most peccable way and subjecting your eternal soul to the temptations of the devil! May God's might weaken your limbs and bend your knees so you shall be thrown down into the dust and filth you dwell upon! And may He crush your pride and mindlessness like He once crushed the Canaanites!

    • @kylejohnsbury1874
      @kylejohnsbury1874 2 роки тому +42

      Bottom.

    • @PrettyPinkPersephone
      @PrettyPinkPersephone 2 роки тому +14

      Papist!

  • @cb-hz6dm
    @cb-hz6dm 2 роки тому +568

    A witchfinder is never late nor is he early, he arives precisely when he needs to

    • @rring44
      @rring44 2 роки тому +32

      The witchfinder does not take kindly to pagans like you falsely attributing the words of a sorcerer to him.

    • @loadeddice4696
      @loadeddice4696 2 роки тому +23

      @@rring44 Aye, for John Tolkien, though otherwise a good Englishman and opponent of the Devil, was nonetheless - and may the Lord forgive me for uttering the word - a Catholic!

    • @cinammonstyx7622
      @cinammonstyx7622 2 роки тому +9

      It is impossible to be both a Catholic and opponent of the Devil, as ought ye well know.
      20 lashings m

    • @TheZINGularity
      @TheZINGularity 2 роки тому +1

      @@loadeddice4696 Didnt god Ewan Mccregor say something about catholics and quakers?

    • @infernosgaming8942
      @infernosgaming8942 2 роки тому +4

      @@loadeddice4696 Now we need an old english christian version of MemriMemes xD

  • @trumpeterjen
    @trumpeterjen 2 роки тому +601

    As a woman, I'd love to be called "a desirable calamity" more often. A+ pet name

    • @LaurasBookBlog
      @LaurasBookBlog 2 роки тому +83

      Buckle up ladies, it's gonna be a hot desirable calamity summer!

    • @therealuncleowen2588
      @therealuncleowen2588 2 роки тому +17

      That could be arranged.

    • @tristanband4003
      @tristanband4003 2 роки тому +18

      As a term of endearment, it certainly is unique.

    • @MiG-21bisFishbedL
      @MiG-21bisFishbedL Рік тому +7

      Go beyond that, that'd be an awesome name for a band.

    • @Uretard2121
      @Uretard2121 11 місяців тому +1

      That what wrong with people

  • @wintharrison3637
    @wintharrison3637 2 роки тому +146

    The part where Witchfinder perks up and Says “of course my wife is faithful - why does thou asketh?” Made me burst out laughing

    • @wardchapman5669
      @wardchapman5669 5 місяців тому +6

      Mean while back at the witchfinder general’s house, “Oh farm boy”

  • @edisonlima4647
    @edisonlima4647 2 роки тому +196

    As a Brazilian who has learned English as a second language all by myself, it is hard to express just how happy and proud I feel whenever I manage to understand every single word of one of these amazing videos!

    • @samy7013
      @samy7013 Рік тому +7

      Well done, buddy.

    • @AtopTheHouse
      @AtopTheHouse Рік тому +11

      I am american and I gotta put subtitles on for some segments so kudos to you.

    • @leitmotif7268
      @leitmotif7268 8 місяців тому +1

      Portuguese is a beautiful language I hope to pick up, love Brazilian culture. well done on your language learning journey!!

  • @Sethgolas
    @Sethgolas 2 роки тому +635

    I cracked up when DiZoglio referred to Elizabeth Johnson as "the last witch", even though the whole point of this was to exonerate her of the false charge of practicing witchcraft.

    • @jorge6207
      @jorge6207 2 роки тому

      She's a politician. She knows that the average voter is an imbecile and must be spoken to as one, in order for some form of communication to take place.

    • @MaterialMenteNo
      @MaterialMenteNo 2 роки тому +59

      It sounded cooler, I guess. Also she was as much of a witch as the others who were condemned.

    • @wfellow1
      @wfellow1 2 роки тому

      She admitted to being a witch and signing the Devil's book. How do you exonerate someone from a confession they gave? She was and still is a witch!

    • @JM-mh1pp
      @JM-mh1pp 2 роки тому +1

      @@MaterialMenteNo Meaning 100% witch?
      I agree.
      Total witch, we have all the possible evidence- witnesses, judges, even herself! Everyone agrees she was a witch. Trying to exonerate her puts legal system at risk!
      Also...a witch.

    • @MaterialMenteNo
      @MaterialMenteNo 2 роки тому +14

      More people are replying, but their comments keep vanishing. UA-cam, y u do diz 😭

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 2 роки тому +426

    I asked myself what kind of relationship did the Witchfinder General have with his mother?

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 2 роки тому +167

      A most godlay one, to be surre!

    • @DahVoozel
      @DahVoozel 2 роки тому +107

      Relationship? You ask this as if children should have some purpose in an adults life other than labor and learning to be a proper Christian.

    • @lucimicle5657
      @lucimicle5657 2 роки тому +19

      A puritanical one.

    • @venomlink2033
      @venomlink2033 2 роки тому +12

      Ok Freud

    • @nrsrymj
      @nrsrymj 2 роки тому +37

      Heathen questions. Vile popery

  • @mynameisntpatrick1476
    @mynameisntpatrick1476 2 роки тому +177

    Imagine walking along the beach and watching this guy yell at the camera about how this witch's trial was just and fair.

    • @SgtToastieYT
      @SgtToastieYT 2 роки тому +15

      Would likely deploy their devilish cameras and steal his soul with a selfie.

    • @iheartrhody401
      @iheartrhody401 2 роки тому +2

      I'd pay real money for that.

    • @Bildgesmythe
      @Bildgesmythe 2 роки тому +12

      The right wing will vote him into Congress

    • @elmascapo6588
      @elmascapo6588 2 роки тому +12

      @@Bildgesmythe and he would be the best senator in the last 20 years

    • @millenniumhandandshrimp2610
      @millenniumhandandshrimp2610 7 місяців тому +1

      Becloaked man on beach: (in the distance) "...examinaaeesions..."
      Other man on beach: "Bruh, what the fuck!? fr fr"

  • @spnsoccer
    @spnsoccer 2 роки тому +467

    I liked the opening shots with the sailing ship in the background, really added to the authentic feel, great job!

    • @AtunSheiFilms
      @AtunSheiFilms  2 роки тому +262

      A happy accident.

    • @markharger8435
      @markharger8435 2 роки тому +96

      One might call it Gods will

    • @dahawk8574
      @dahawk8574 2 роки тому +15

      He had to cut the take with the jetski.

    • @Dynnen
      @Dynnen 2 роки тому +28

      @@markharger8435 God's will or "the gods' will"?
      BE YE A WITCH OR WARLOCK?

    • @Chasmodius
      @Chasmodius 2 роки тому +4

      I spent too long keeping watch for it to appear again.

  • @adeadmilkman1071
    @adeadmilkman1071 2 роки тому +588

    May God's merciful providence favour thee sir VVitchfinder General, thou hast delivered to this colony a Godliest pamphlet.
    Awesome as always to see the Witchfinder General. Loved the setting in this one, and his intensity towards the end was excellent. A great way to start the day!

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 2 роки тому +22

      The day should be started with silent contemplation of the suffering of the Lord, not with such idle pamphlets no matter how godlay their content

    • @dawn670
      @dawn670 2 роки тому +1

      🤘🏻😈🤘🏻

    • @silviusforosiculensis
      @silviusforosiculensis 2 роки тому +4

      @@dawn670 take that blasphemy back to Rhode Island

    • @dawn670
      @dawn670 2 роки тому

      @@silviusforosiculensis 💯😁

  • @metal4ever516
    @metal4ever516 2 роки тому +164

    I see the Witchfinder General survived his visit to Salem.

    • @lazydroidproductions1087
      @lazydroidproductions1087 2 роки тому +58

      He is a godlay man and that surely hath protected him

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 2 роки тому +41

      He who trualy tread in the light of the Lord need fear not Satan’s hold

  • @CodaMission
    @CodaMission 2 роки тому +492

    Broke: I better confess or they might hang me even if I'm not a witch
    Joke: See? She confessed! There are witches in this fair township of Salem!
    Woke: More weight.

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 2 роки тому

      The only thing with more weight than the stones that pressed him was Giles Corey’s balls

    • @JMD501
      @JMD501 2 роки тому +62

      Based: More Weight

    • @CodaMission
      @CodaMission 2 роки тому +30

      @@JMD501 Yes....that's what I said

    • @robertallan8035
      @robertallan8035 2 роки тому +42

      Bespoke: just proactively burn everyone as a witch just in case

    • @weef2188
      @weef2188 2 роки тому +9

      @@CodaMission you're sounding awfully witchlike right now

  • @PURPLECATDUDE7734
    @PURPLECATDUDE7734 2 роки тому +167

    I’d love a series depicting his adventures in witch-hunting. It would be a great plot to see him convicting criminals based on evidence and rules that made perfect and logical sense in his time, but would be considered cruel and superstitious in ours.

    • @PURPLECATDUDE7734
      @PURPLECATDUDE7734 2 роки тому +38

      Nothing is scarier than a villain whose playing perfectly by the rules

    • @alun7006
      @alun7006 2 роки тому +19

      He'll run into Klaus at some point. That'll be a meeting for the history books.

    • @methos-ey9nf
      @methos-ey9nf 2 роки тому +15

      @@alun7006 I think that happened in one of the "Checkmate Lincolnites!" episodes.

    • @Chasmodius
      @Chasmodius 2 роки тому +27

      To be honest, a lot of those techniques are still being used, even if not openly. "Encouraging" confessions through threats and lies, for example. And juries still give vastly more weight to confessions, even false ones, than to physical evidence.

    • @lopenash
      @lopenash 2 роки тому +4

      Crossover with Frozen 50's Man

  • @chowyee5049
    @chowyee5049 2 роки тому +415

    I find it kinda weird how Puritans would categorically reject all claims of miracles and the supernatural but still be so obsessed with witchcraft.

    • @Sage-xr1on
      @Sage-xr1on 2 роки тому

      they didn't reject the concept of the supernatural. Puritans merely believed that all magic was evil and satanic. Their rejection of miracles was on the grounds that they were not holy and miraculous, but rather satanic.

    • @50043211
      @50043211 2 роки тому +97

      Because with the comming of Hesus the time of miracles came to an end. He was the final miracle. Everything else which is supernatural from their on can only be the work of the devil!

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 2 роки тому +65

      From *The Salem Witch Hunt: A Brief History with Documents* :
      “According to the worldview embraced by most New Englanders, God was constantly at work in their day-to-day lives…on some occasions God inflicted warning [against sinners] himself; on others he allowed the Devil to act on his behalf, perhaps through a human witch.”
      (8-9)
      So basically, they actually did believe in magick and the supernatural

    • @aylbdrmadison1051
      @aylbdrmadison1051 2 роки тому +41

      Authoritarianism without bigotry is an impossibility.

    • @Kardia_of_Rhodes
      @Kardia_of_Rhodes 2 роки тому +5

      @@aylbdrmadison1051 Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus

  • @ronaldofrias2176
    @ronaldofrias2176 2 роки тому +229

    Damn, Atun Shei is really giving us good stuff this month. Thanks, man!

  • @booneayala8041
    @booneayala8041 2 роки тому +81

    Love the witchfinder general as always (Matthew Hopkins would be proud)! I do want to point out this interesting constitutional wrinkle in what he says here, though:
    @6:47 - “The Johnson Girl had nought to fear from his majesty’s justices”
    This sounds as though he believed the Courts of Judicature which covered the witch trials were royal courts. In fact, while Massachusetts Bay had recently lost the power to elect its own governors in favor of a royal appointee, the charter of 1691 reserved to the elected General Court the power of erecting judicatory courts.
    “And wee doe of our further Grace certaine knowledge and meer mocon Grant Establish and Ordaine for Vs our heires and Successors that the great and Generall Court or Assembly of our said Province or Territory for the time being Convened as aforesaid shall for ever have full Power and Authority to Erect and, Constitute Judicatories and Courts of Record or other Courts to be held in the name of Vs Our heires and successors for the Hearing Trying and Determining of all manner of Crimes Odences Pleas Processes Plaints Accons Matters Causes and things whatsoever ariseing or happening within Our said Province or Territory or between persons Inhabiting or resideing there whether the same be Criminall or Civill and whether the said Crimes be Capitall or not Capitall and whether the said Pleas be Reall personall or mixt and for the awarding and makeing out of Execution thereupon To which Courts and Judicatories wee doe hereby for vs our heirs and Successors Give and Grant full power and Authority from time to time to Administer oathes for the better Discovery of Truth in any matter in Controversy or depending before them.” (From the MA Charter of 1691)
    Increase Mather’s success at procuring a new charter with a powerful assembly meant that the Salem Witch Trials were not the King’s justice, but MA’s justice.
    Also also, technically the Witch Trials occurred during the joint reign of William and Mary, so it wouldn’t be just the King’s Justice but “their majesties’ justice”!
    These are but quibbles. Thank you for a delightful video!

    • @AtunSheiFilms
      @AtunSheiFilms  2 роки тому +57

      Very true - the court records of Johnson's examination refer to "their majests Justices". Not sure why I wrote "his" instead, but I think we could chalk it up to the WFG's putrid sexism.
      salem.lib.virginia.edu/n83.html

    • @booneayala8041
      @booneayala8041 2 роки тому +13

      @@AtunSheiFilms That’s very interesting! I wonder if perhaps MA’s magistrates were claiming royal backing through the charter (as if to say that anything they did was, by definition, in the name of William and Mary).
      Thank you again! I love this series

  • @kiachnish
    @kiachnish 2 роки тому +62

    A NEW VVITCHFINDER AND CHECKMATE LINCOLNITES IN THE SAME MONTH???!? Thank you Atun-Shei! Your spoiling us!

    • @justbobagian
      @justbobagian 2 роки тому +1

      Tis a glad tidings the good lord sought to bless us with this day

    • @Nosliw837
      @Nosliw837 2 роки тому

      You're spoiled. I'm satiated.

  • @AdamOwenBrowning
    @AdamOwenBrowning 2 роки тому +76

    As an Englishman fascinated by the linguistic changes to my language over time, your OP is great bloody fun :)

    • @krono5el
      @krono5el 2 роки тому +10

      A lot of places in the USA have settlers offspring who still sound english when saying some words. east coasters still add a 'er' to saw

  • @richmanifesto1090
    @richmanifesto1090 2 роки тому +89

    I'm legitimately pumped for the witchfinder movie. Your OP is mind blowing

  • @witchofskye1961
    @witchofskye1961 2 роки тому +41

    "I had rather dwell with a lion, or a dragon, than keep house with a wicked woman" ah, so the witchfinder general is a furry

    • @jeffengel2607
      @jeffengel2607 2 роки тому +9

      Possibly a scaly.

    • @helarki4309
      @helarki4309 Рік тому

      He can't be though. That would make him partial to the sin of beastiality. And that would require him to be delivered to the magistrate in the shire in which he dwells. If the magistrate deem him to be guilty, he shall be put to instant death. And we all know that he is a godlay man.

  • @eugenegubbard4017
    @eugenegubbard4017 2 роки тому +21

    I really needed some new VVitchfinder General to hold me over for the Sudbury Devil.

  • @Nunyo-Bizznez
    @Nunyo-Bizznez 2 роки тому +166

    A third comment! The maleus maleficarum was written by a man who genuinely hated middle aged women and elder women. Reading that book is like reading the manifesto of a misogynistic serial killer.
    There's a really good video on the history of witches in media, I think its by in praise of shadows, that breaks down briefly what kind of man Kramer was. I'll link it later if I remember.

    • @AtunSheiFilms
      @AtunSheiFilms  2 роки тому +118

      It's a pretty vile book.

    • @JeevesAnthrozaurUS
      @JeevesAnthrozaurUS 2 роки тому +48

      Man, Kramer really lost his mind after the end of Seinfeld

    • @fruitygarlic3601
      @fruitygarlic3601 2 роки тому +16

      In Praise of Shadows, yes. His series about witches was really interesting. Tried reading the MM because of it. Stopped trying eventually.

    • @danaroth598
      @danaroth598 2 роки тому +28

      It's seriously distressing that his reaction to being correctly told to knock it off about persecuting Helena Scheuberin was to write a justification for tormenting and killing as many other women as possible.

    • @BethDiane
      @BethDiane 2 роки тому +21

      Not to mention antisemitism. Malleus Malificorum is based on an older work called Malleus Judeorum.

  • @crunchbuttsteak8741
    @crunchbuttsteak8741 2 роки тому +492

    I want the Witchfinder General to do movie reviews, he seems like he'd have interesting ideas about cinema

    • @kevinmccabe3984
      @kevinmccabe3984 2 роки тому +39

      He already reviewed rise of Skywalker

    • @LittlePinkBowser
      @LittlePinkBowser 2 роки тому +27

      Look up how the Watchtower Society (Jehovah’s Witnesses) views media and you will probably get a good idea of what he would say, but I would prefer the early modern English accent

    • @JonPITBZN
      @JonPITBZN 2 роки тому +29

      @@LittlePinkBowser, plus the Jehovah's Witnesses don't usually use the word "popery." I enjoy hearing this word for some reason.

    • @ImminentAl
      @ImminentAl 2 роки тому +10

      You’re not suggestion he attend the theatre!!!!

    • @rear9259
      @rear9259 2 роки тому

      The VVitch

  • @krockpotbroccoli65
    @krockpotbroccoli65 2 роки тому +51

    Know what's crazy? I have ancestors from Andover who were there at the time and likely either knew or knew of this woman.

  • @thorpeaaron1110
    @thorpeaaron1110 2 роки тому +64

    I love the Witch Finder General doing God's work to keep us safe from Anglicans, the Pope and practicers of evil faiths.

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 2 роки тому +15

      “Anglicans, the Pope, and practicers of evil faiths”
      I don’t get it, what’s the distinction here?

    • @thorpeaaron1110
      @thorpeaaron1110 2 роки тому +1

      @@warlordofbritannia True they are all ungodly

    • @Mechabang
      @Mechabang 2 роки тому +13

      Wait until he finds out about the Church of Latter Day Saints.

    • @thorpeaaron1110
      @thorpeaaron1110 2 роки тому +7

      @@Mechabang OH no

    • @Mechabang
      @Mechabang 2 роки тому +6

      @@thorpeaaron1110 or Scientology.

  • @TuckerWhite94
    @TuckerWhite94 2 роки тому +39

    When I first stumbled upon this channel, I thought I'd just be around for "Checkmate, Lincolnites." Yet the VVitchfinder General might now be my favorite running series! I mean what's not to love about a puritan giving spiritual advice or him showing up to fucking Mardi Gras?!

  • @amk4956
    @amk4956 2 роки тому +22

    Witchfinder general appearance on checkmate Lincolnites is still one of the funniest parts of that entire series and I always love it when the Witchfinder General shows up on my UA-cam feed… You always know you’re going to be in for a great time.
    Spectacular performance 🎭

  • @ka1juhunt3r
    @ka1juhunt3r 2 роки тому +33

    TIs a Goode day when the vvitchfinder general uploads.

  • @thelouster5815
    @thelouster5815 2 роки тому +12

    Fun fact: The VVitchfinder General is not a character, but Atun-Shei’s true personality.

  • @TrenchReynolds
    @TrenchReynolds 2 роки тому +79

    I haven't been told I am unworthy of God's love in a while. Makes me feel like I'm in church again.

    • @capitalistraven
      @capitalistraven 2 роки тому +11

      Repent! and view the rest of the admonitions of the VVitchfinder General.

  • @Not_SoIrish
    @Not_SoIrish 2 роки тому +28

    Love the Witchfinder-General! The hero we don’t need, but definitely want!

  • @OO0O0O
    @OO0O0O 2 роки тому +36

    He's getting so good at the accent that I can barely understand him anymore.

    • @Rolan7196
      @Rolan7196 2 роки тому +4

      I had some trouble so I turned on the captions - they aren't auto-generated!

  • @brendanokeefe1103
    @brendanokeefe1103 Рік тому +5

    Other channels: "And as always, remember to like and subscribe"
    Atun-Shei Films: "And as always, remember that thou art a wretched sinner"

  • @mosterchife6045
    @mosterchife6045 2 роки тому +15

    Babe vvake up nevve VVitchFinder general pamphlet hath dropped

  • @aetu35
    @aetu35 2 роки тому +20

    Just as I was binge watching Witchfinder General, thank you for the excellent work Atun-Shei

  • @markwilliams2620
    @markwilliams2620 2 роки тому +5

    I will not be surprised to find Samuel Alito citing the VVitchfinder General in future rulings.

  • @kerbal666
    @kerbal666 2 роки тому +75

    So glad our politicians are finally sorting out the important stuff in these trying times.

    • @Mechabang
      @Mechabang 2 роки тому +21

      High gas prices, I sleep.
      Pardoning a woman of witchcraft that's been centuries old, real shit.

    • @PlatinumAltaria
      @PlatinumAltaria 2 роки тому +29

      @@Mechabang I'm pretty sure a state legislature has no control over global fuel shortages.

    • @Mechabang
      @Mechabang 2 роки тому

      @N Fels No problem!

    • @50043211
      @50043211 2 роки тому +6

      So Wasteland, you want the government to take action and dictate private enterprises how much they can charge for their produce? You have my full support even if the ignorant call you a dirty-socialist-commi traitor!

    • @Evan_Schaefering
      @Evan_Schaefering 2 роки тому +5

      @@PlatinumAltaria All the same, it seems like there has to be more prudent things to spend taxpayers time and money on than exonerating a woman who has been dead for 300 years.

  • @tedking6790
    @tedking6790 2 роки тому +3

    Just saw you in Brunswick, ME and it made my day! Thanks for stopping to shake my hand!

  • @onecertainesquire486
    @onecertainesquire486 2 роки тому +59

    If I may be so presumptive to ask, what are the Witchfinder's thoughts on the Glorious Revolution? On the one hand: the godly overthrow of papism and the reinstatement of Protestantism over the Kingdom of England was undoubtedly just, but is it not the duty of all good christians to conform to nonresistance and passivity in the face of God's will? Many Thanks, and an excellent response and rebuttal to sin in this document you have set forth above.

    • @dominictemple
      @dominictemple 2 роки тому +9

      Ooh, that would be a good one 👍

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 2 роки тому +14

      I’m going to wager he thinks Anglicanism but half a step removed from the pagan practices of the so-called Pope

    • @onecertainesquire486
      @onecertainesquire486 2 роки тому +1

      ​@@warlordofbritannia Aye, no doubt that he in his dissenting ways would say such a thing about good and holy Anglican doctrine...!

    • @Blazo_Djurovic
      @Blazo_Djurovic 2 роки тому

      Preeety sure he would be supportive of Cromwell and his, if disappointed that Papists weren't being burned in the streets more. And therefore consider him and revolution to be subverted by the devil.

    • @tommiatkins3443
      @tommiatkins3443 2 роки тому +4

      The non resistance of the bretesh fleet and the Kings armee was a myrical of our Lord and savor, jaysus Chrish, and yet, he hath gaven us the duties to roam abrod, yeah, to the new worled, that we live in better adherence to his myte and powers, that in 400 years, we can shoot each other, beat blacks, ramble about imaginary gods and fear sex more thoroughly than all nations of the flat earth.

  • @ShivamR34440
    @ShivamR34440 2 роки тому +9

    THE GOAT IS BACK

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 2 роки тому +12

      “Goat?”
      Doth thou mean to claim that the VVitchfinder General takes the shape of a familiar? Thou surrely blasphemes to blakken the purre as so!

  • @atreides213
    @atreides213 2 роки тому +18

    I’ve always wondered; if the puritans truly did believe there was a massive coven of dozens upon dozens of evil witches who could inflict bodily damage upon them in their dreams, what’s as their explanation for the fact that there was no organized resistance from this massive, unified coven of magic wielders?

    • @zxggwrt
      @zxggwrt 2 роки тому +11

      I imagine the motivation was similar to our modern "culture war."

    • @epicurius1
      @epicurius1 2 роки тому +1

      My general rule about beliefs that groups have, and this is especially true with historical groups or groups that are culturally different from me, is that most people actually believe the things they say they do/did, even if I personally find those believes ridiculous or morally reprehensible.

    • @masterspark9880
      @masterspark9880 2 роки тому +1

      You believe that gangs of thieves/rapists/murderers exist, don’t you? So why is there no organised resistance from these massive, unified gangs?

    • @jamiefield9506
      @jamiefield9506 2 роки тому +6

      I imagine they would see it as a proof of the supremacy of their Christian faith, and the power of Godly men over Satan's minions. The fact that the evil witches were powerless to stop them was only more proof. They had been in league with a power which was forced to desert them when confronted by the Righteous, which in itself showed their power had come from the devil. Everything that happens will become evidence of the conspiracy for a believer.

    • @mgeorgeafarge7456
      @mgeorgeafarge7456 Рік тому

      Yeah, what this guy said. They must've reasoned that they could do such things, of course, but not to the truly pious, as God would protect them, and give them power to exorcise any conjured demons.

  • @spearheadgaming7588
    @spearheadgaming7588 2 роки тому +11

    I really want the witchfinder general to go to an actual local gov meeting or school board meeting. Would be a nice break from the actual crazies that attend them

  • @ostwestfalischehochmoorlei4705

    As a natural german speaker.... its always fun , that old english and english with german accent sounds so "familar".

  • @FreckleFoxShow
    @FreckleFoxShow 2 роки тому +8

    Could you please attend a public meeting to address this injustice!

  • @vraisairs9201
    @vraisairs9201 2 роки тому +4

    Thank you for the subtitles

  • @localroger
    @localroger 2 роки тому +13

    Thank you Andy for this useful public service announcement about our coming time in the Republic of Gilead.

    • @cheesedoff-with4410
      @cheesedoff-with4410 2 роки тому +1

      Looking from the other side of the Atlantic it is beginning to seem that way 😨.

    • @localroger
      @localroger 2 роки тому +1

      @@cheesedoff-with4410 I honestly meant this comment to be snark, not prophecy. Sometimes I hate being right about things.

  • @briangarrow448
    @briangarrow448 2 роки тому +4

    Every time I see the Witchfinder General, I flash back to those great horror movies that I watched back in the 70’s. Many of those movies came from English movie studios and were heavily influenced by religious imagery.
    Such delicious nightmares!

  • @alannatherson7721
    @alannatherson7721 2 роки тому +12

    Something tells me the Witchfinder General and his wife have not spoken more than a simple and brief greeting in the morning since their wedding night and they have no children for they have not touched each other in the way that brings forth children even once throughout the entire length of the marriage.

  • @coninater
    @coninater 2 роки тому +8

    I can´t literally read the title without doing the Witchfinder General´s voice. God I have missed this series!

  • @lllordllloyd
    @lllordllloyd 2 роки тому +7

    "Delectable Detriment" is my new pick up line. If Satan doth favour me with fair success, aye shall join the ranks o ye Patreons.

  • @CatNibbles
    @CatNibbles 2 роки тому +3

    I love that we can see how you cut up the scenes by where the sailboat is located. Also, pretty cool to see sailboat out there.

  • @mjr_schneider
    @mjr_schneider 2 роки тому +328

    Before watching this video: "There was someone convicted of witchcraft who still hasn't been exonerated? Huh, it's a good thing they finally got around to fixing that."
    After watching the video: _"The VVitch hath offered Confeſsion before a Court of Lavv! VVhat Right have ye to overturn this juſt and lavvful Deciſion??"_

    • @raritania7581
      @raritania7581 2 роки тому +12

      Sorry if this comes off as rude, I don't intend to be. When a w was anywhere but the first letter of the word it'd be an actual "double u." So it'd be Lauu. Don't edit it though, lest the hearting get deleted.

    • @druid_zephyrus
      @druid_zephyrus 2 роки тому +5

      Where oh where can I find the symbol for the first "s" mid-word.
      I have search my phone's keyboard and cannot find this particular symbol within.

    • @PCDelorian
      @PCDelorian 2 роки тому +3

      @@druid_zephyrus If its on there I'd imagine you can try holding 's', its named a long s if your looking for "ſ" otherwiſe

  • @warlordofbritannia
    @warlordofbritannia 2 роки тому +8

    Trualy, ‘tis be a damnable shame ‘nd stein upon oure Commenweal to see such deegenercee pervayde!

  • @acefox1
    @acefox1 2 роки тому +12

    Nice work Witch Finder General! As a former Catholic I was a bit disturbed by the lack of anti-papist exclamations in this video but otherwise a most solid entertainment ye offer forth!

    • @tristanband4003
      @tristanband4003 2 роки тому +1

      You can never leave the Church unless formally ex-communicated IIRC...

    • @acefox1
      @acefox1 2 роки тому +1

      @@tristanband4003 Well I’m a non-believer. If they want to bother with excommunicating me that’s up to them. Not sure how that matters.

    • @tristanband4003
      @tristanband4003 2 роки тому

      @@acefox1 i guess so

  • @jakebreaker
    @jakebreaker 2 роки тому +7

    The only thing less believable than the witch Johnson being innocent of that which she confessed freely, is that the heathen responsible for this tract should put MUSIC at the end of our Witchfinder General's godly instruction!

  • @tskmaster3837
    @tskmaster3837 2 роки тому +15

    The mere mention of Cotton Mather makes my nose wrinkle; Must be allergies.
    "The children were subject to hysterical fits, which he detailed in Memorable Providences.[15] In his book, Mather argued that since there are witches and devils, there are "immortal souls." He also claimed that witches appear spectrally as themselves.[16] He opposed any natural explanations for the fits; he believed that people who confessed to using witchcraft were sane; he warned against performing magic due to its connection with the devil." from Wiki.
    ... or not.

    • @TuckerWhite94
      @TuckerWhite94 2 роки тому +6

      Cotton Mather is such a weird historical figure. He was as anti-Indian as it got, even for his time, yet he was also a staunch advocate for inoculation. It's so fascinating to see historical figures who were so brain-dead in one area, yet based as fuck in another.

  • @evansquilt
    @evansquilt 2 роки тому +2

    I use that line about "thou art a wretched sinner" on my cat. He doesn't listen, but hey, at least I try.

  • @ollaniuspius1211
    @ollaniuspius1211 2 роки тому +9

    I suspect that he and Joshua Graham would have a rather good working relationship.

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 2 роки тому

      Funnily enough, I stopped playing New Vegas to focus all my pious attention for this 😂

    • @maybemaybe378
      @maybemaybe378 2 роки тому

      i'm pretty sure the vvitchfinder general vvouldn't like mormons that much

  • @azban9808
    @azban9808 2 роки тому +7

    Your services are a blessing upon our unworthy, sinful Commonwealth. We may be a City upon a hill, yet all below the Kingdom of God dwell in a fog of vile sin

  • @FritzMonorail
    @FritzMonorail 2 роки тому +6

    Mark me! The VVitchfinder General has delivered unto us a new and Godly pamphlet. Tis a shame I am but a vile papist woman doomed for the fires of hell.

  • @mothman7531
    @mothman7531 2 роки тому +4

    Always a pleasure to see the Witchfinder General. And it's fun to let you give your hammy acting chops a workout too.

  • @t.dominey4150
    @t.dominey4150 2 роки тому +1

    2 atun-shei videos in a month? The god lord in his divine providence hath surely blessed us with a most bountiful gift

  • @hexane360
    @hexane360 2 роки тому +5

    this is the earliest I've been, by total accident

  • @landonian1223
    @landonian1223 2 роки тому +7

    I’m new to this channel, and I love it. I also want to comment that “atún” is the Spanish word for “tuna”. Currently to me he is Tuna-Shei films. Time to find a translation for “shei”.

  • @kylemcnamara8514
    @kylemcnamara8514 2 роки тому +9

    I noticed a little red spot on my collarbone today after work, while I was listening to the vid. And my first thought was hooooly shit I coulda been pressed to death or hanged back in the day. All cuz I didn’t exfoliate my skin well enough the day before- Lmao but sad at the same time.
    Now I got this horde of village elders tellin me that my acne breakout is actually proof of Satan suckingling my ‘teats!?’ It’s straight up “the beatings will continue until morale improves” kind of mind set, goddamn.

    • @localroger
      @localroger 2 роки тому +1

      Look on the bright side: You don't have to worry about dying of skin cancer.

  • @yourgodismean4526
    @yourgodismean4526 2 роки тому +5

    You are just so damn good

  • @lookaquarter
    @lookaquarter 2 роки тому +1

    I found out recently my hometown in Massachusetts was named after the judge presiding over the Salem Witch Trials. Hoooooraaaaay : )

  • @Matkingos
    @Matkingos 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much for the subtitles

  • @Vanayr
    @Vanayr 2 роки тому +2

    New witch finder general merch “when a woman thinks alone, she thinks evil!’ all over a coffee mug!

  • @elizabethwhealen8289
    @elizabethwhealen8289 2 роки тому +4

    I’m a descendant of a hanged “witch”, Susannah North Martin. I love, love, love the Witchfinder General. “Of course my wife is faithful to me, why dost thou ask?” 😂

  • @MrMexicanarmy
    @MrMexicanarmy 2 роки тому +4

    I was watching these videos and wanting a new one 5 minutes ago.
    And now I got one, perfect :)

  • @konigsbergmarshal1695
    @konigsbergmarshal1695 2 роки тому +6

    50/50 chance people petitioning the Massachusetts legislature as a joke actually overturn this lmao

    • @desert_jin6281
      @desert_jin6281 2 роки тому

      Seeing as how the last 350 years went, i wouldn't be surprised if they did.

  • @SonofSethoitae
    @SonofSethoitae 2 роки тому +6

    The Witchfinder General is such a fascinating character. Like, he's clearly very well educated since he can quote the Bible and Cicero from memory, but on the other hand, y'know, *gestures at everything else about him*

  • @fumarc4501
    @fumarc4501 2 роки тому +3

    Incredible accent and performance, but damn things must have been horrible back then. This is why idealizing the past is dangerous.

  • @bellakaldera3305
    @bellakaldera3305 2 роки тому +1

    The Witchfindergeneral should consider the loan of my blunderbuss for his next production. Because he needs a blunderbuss, you know.

  • @theguyinthebluejacket3474
    @theguyinthebluejacket3474 2 роки тому +1

    My day off from work is now reaching full satisfaction.

  • @Pikepaw
    @Pikepaw 2 роки тому +2

    I have eagerly awaited to hearie the wisdom of The Witchfinder General once more. It brings my heart joy to know there be at least one righteous man who stands fast against the evils of witchcraft. Truly thee should have seen the broad smile on my face when I saw this video on my feed.

  • @Nikolapoleon
    @Nikolapoleon 2 роки тому +2

    I have no intention of going to the magistrate in the court in the shire in which I dwell, and demanding that the conviction of Elizabeth Johnson, Jr. be upheld, perhaps because my shire is nearly a thousand miles from Salem....
    But for that I feel great shame.

  • @or_gluzman561Peace_IL_PS
    @or_gluzman561Peace_IL_PS 2 роки тому +3

    oh hi emperor belos... i mean Philip Wittebane Witch hunter General

  • @jal7852
    @jal7852 2 роки тому +3

    I love your work Atun-Shei! If there is one movie I would love for you to talk about, it’s Glory, the best civil war movie ever made. There is so much history to talk about with that film.

  • @carlothecoffeeguy3778
    @carlothecoffeeguy3778 2 роки тому +4

    If the Witchfinder learned out about Warhammer 40k, would he be a fan?

  • @JM-mh1pp
    @JM-mh1pp 2 роки тому +18

    Ah Witchfinder general, truly a based individual!
    I strive to be as pure in thoughts and actions as him.

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 2 роки тому +1

      Nay, he be above such based desires to be so pure in deed and mind as thou doth describe

    • @JM-mh1pp
      @JM-mh1pp 2 роки тому +7

      @@warlordofbritannia Ah you are right!
      By mere act of saying that I want to be as pure as him, I have demonstrated hubris at the idea that I could even hope to reach such hights. I shall steep my life in prayer as the unworthy sinner that I am.

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar 2 роки тому

      @@JM-mh1pp It is the Vvitchfinder General that is the hypocrite and the font of evil, for he takes it upon himself to preempt and usurp the authority of his false god.

  • @mattheweagles5123
    @mattheweagles5123 2 роки тому +4

    At last! A voice of reason!

  • @gabem3593
    @gabem3593 2 роки тому +1

    I was just binging witchfinder general videos!! Very happy to see a new one!!

  • @zombie_snax
    @zombie_snax 2 роки тому +1

    This is legitimately the best witch finder episode ever.. why isn't this going viral?

  • @TDR85
    @TDR85 2 роки тому +3

    I fucking love this channel.

  • @armphidiic2609
    @armphidiic2609 2 роки тому +2

    Always a pleasure to see the Witchfinder General again.

  • @EeroafHeurlin
    @EeroafHeurlin 2 роки тому +1

    The general is back! Praise be.

  • @jasontucher7011
    @jasontucher7011 2 роки тому +4

    The Witchfinder General is once again pulling on my heart strings. If I were in the mood to waste tax dollars for a joke, exonerating Issabelle Johnson would not be the best thing to do. Give her a jury trial if we are actually going to mess with this old stuff. Her peers have to be protestants who believe in witches.

  • @cursor308
    @cursor308 2 роки тому +1

    Best one yet sir! Keep it up

  • @silviusforosiculensis
    @silviusforosiculensis 2 роки тому +1

    I really love how this series shows us our own world through the eyes of someone from hundreds of years ago.

  • @BadgerOfTheSea
    @BadgerOfTheSea Рік тому +2

    Objection! The Witchfinder General doth quote Cicero, a pagan man who worshiped satanic gods!

  • @drumkommandr9779
    @drumkommandr9779 2 роки тому +2

    When we get an episode in which Billy Yank and Johnny Reb both get replaced with Nazi Reb and the Witchfinder General and just continue the same debate, I shall be in heaven

  • @kkupsky6321
    @kkupsky6321 2 роки тому +1

    i think i speak for all of us when i thank you for your work... keep after em

  • @evilemuempire9550
    @evilemuempire9550 2 роки тому +2

    God damn it, now I can only read the comments in the Vvitchfinder General’s voice

  • @themortarman4722
    @themortarman4722 2 роки тому +1

    I’d kill for a Witchfinder Podcast. He seems like he’d have smarter insights than most out there

  • @rhohoho
    @rhohoho 2 роки тому +1

    You wert truly miſſed Witchfinder General. To know theſe colonies remain under your watchful eye iſ a great ſolace.

  • @DemonOfGadara
    @DemonOfGadara 2 роки тому +2

    Gotta love me some Witchfinder General. Always makes my day

  • @magicastrid
    @magicastrid 2 роки тому +1

    Oh how I love when the Witchfinder gets to make an appearance.