The Sinister Case of The Sorceress of Kilkenny | Alice Kyteler
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It's Ollie from History Profiles and today's video will be about a woman named Alice Kyteler, an alleged sorceress, and the first woman to be accused of witchcraft in Ireland, which would spark a witch hysteria that lasted in Europe for another 300 years and would leave thousands of people dead. Anyway, let's get into the video.
Our home city of Kilkenny, great story, well done. 🙂 anyone visiting Ireland should visit Kytler's Inn, in Kierans St. Theres a bronze statue of Alice inside the door. Plus, the staff and food is top notch.
Thank you so much Anne! I definitely need to go to Ireland and go to the Kyteler's Inn!
@@historyprofiles kytlers inn is a great spot, look it up on the internet, it's the oldest pub in kilkenny,founded in 1324 ,and Alice's ghost has reportedly been seen there.
I agree, I love Kilkenny I lived in callan for a few years , I'm from your favorite county Tipperary 😏 🌹 but I always found Kilkenny a much more interesting and fun place to live. Cool story I can't believe I never heard it yet I've often been to the pub.
@@TaraTiaraBell our next door neibors 😄 maybe see ye in the all ireland this year if we have one.
@@annemaher7401 you bet ya, that would be amazing ❤️ very nice to meet you Anne
Wow. Why is it that I only became interested in history after I graduated and started researching it on my own. It’s almost criminal how school teaches about certain topics. They make learning all this fascinating information boring and uninteresting. The way you teach history makes it so exhilarating.
Thank you so much mK! I appreciate that a lot! I agree with you, it's sad that there just thrown a curriculum to teach which hardly anyone is interested in! Thank you so much for watching and I hope you tune in and enjoy future vids!
@@historyprofiles Exactly! It’s clear how hard you work and I greatly appreciate your content.
Seriously this and some other UA-camrs is what I needed in school.
I would have learned more if I had utube back in college.
I agree but I will also say there is some sample bias at work here. You will usually be clicking on and watching only those topics that interest you to some degree. Most history classes cover large swathes of history and movements within it. It can get boring even if you like history.
Growing up in Ireland.. My grandad would tell us this story..scared us!
A very cool Grandpa 😎
Thank you for watching Jenna! I hope you enjoyed the video!
Great video again HP, keep up the excellent work Ollie
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Many a pint ive had in Kytlers Inn, and back in late 90s we'd pop in the side door to Neros - and then fall up the steps of the Butterslip to Uncle Sams - great times!
I definitely need to go to the Kytlers Inn for a Guinness!
Another interesting story from the past of Ireland. Great images Olí.
I think she was just greedy which is quite bad. Thanks for your excellent production!
Thank you for watching!!
Not a witch just a murderer. She poisoned them all but my, how creative, detailed and elaborate was Petronia's statement!
Yes I know! Under torture she may have been guided to say something like that, I suppose we will never truly know, thank you for watching the video though Jenny I hope you enjoyed it!
@@historyprofiles I did enjoy it very much and thank you for your research and dedication
My thoughts exactly a serial killer and gold digger, but a witch I doubt. The children of her dead husbands needed the witch bit to justify their claim that she be punished.
@@deariusclandestine840 true, the kids needed some sort of closure. Plus, I think being a witch was in back then
After seeing a few things in my life I have not a trace of a doubt witchcraft and witch's are real and true.
But if you get a confession under torture the only thing that confession proves is ignorant and barbaric you are and that you had tortured probably an innocent woman .
As under torture most people will confess to anything.
Very impressed with both the story AND it's presentation. Can't wait for the next one!
Thank you so much patricia! I appreciate it a lot !
Great stuff HP !!!
Thank you Forgotten Lives!
Forgotten Lives and History Profiles were two great channel finds during this pandemic. Thank you both!
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The house maidens concussion was all because of the torture.
I would say she poisoned her husbands for money. She was smart. She was able to disappear.
why would it be so specific then? i don't disagree torture can make you can stuff but if you really havn't done something how can you be so specific instead of just a very basic confession?
Also, i hate the entire idea that torture will absolutely make someone talk which is a bit ridiculous because it hasn't always look at our modern day spec ops who get caught and tortured and don't say a thing
i think automatically believing that if their tortured they just say whatever to stop being tortured is kinda counter intuitive because they will be killed for their confession anyway
anyone who just sees that they were tortured and will say something because torture is just a cop out. like in the case of the knights templar people either think the templar did worship the devil or that the king just wanted to pay debt and i believe it was potentially both.
innocence does matter to some people, regardless torture is horrible especially so when done on the innocent
Classic black widow pattern. The sad thing was that they didn't persecute her for her murderous nature, but because she was a wealthy woman, who would have had too much influence.
I know...... money and influence can allow one to do anything
@@historyprofiles no, I think you got me wrong. Back in those days they didn't care about anything else, but about women who were gaining too much influence and power. This is the main reason some women were viewed as witches, and why mainly women were persecuted for witchcraft (occasionally some husband here and there, pulled in by the wife). They actually had a huge problem with influential women. So I mean that they didn't actually go after her because she was indeed a very nasty murderer. They went after her because she had way too much money, which meant independence, power and influence over others. She had to go for that reason.
I always know that I can give you a thumbs up before I even watch it cause they're always excellent
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You and me both. Im sad to see only 14k subs but he will get there
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I do the same thing! I have never been disappointed in any way, with any aspect of the cases or videos. Ollie is fantastic 💗💗💗
Don't think sorceress just a really influential black widow. Just began watching your videos they are well done and quite interesting
Thank you so much Michael! I appreciate it!
I am going to go with you on this. Whilst it is true that it could very well have been mere coincidence that all four husbands died - after all a smart woman intentionally married wealthy men twenty to thirty years her senior- the symptoms of the last husband raises red flags.
As far as witchcraft goes, I cannot take seriously any confession acquired under the auspices of torture. The tales are so wildly specific as not to be believed.
It’s amazing how similar the confessions from this period are.
Torture would make people say anything they wished.
Another fascinating story. Well done!
Thank you for watching Michelle!!
I’m excited for this upload.
Thank you so much ayape!
EGGSCELLENT!! Happy Belated Easter Ollie)
Thank you so much !!
I have heard of this but didn't know much about it now I do. Thanks Ollie 👍🙂
Love the art work the pictures are beautiful.
Thank you so much for watching Simon! Have a great day !
A very interesting story especially given it's from Ireland well from the past of Ireland. I've always wondered why if a individual has gotten away with murder why do it again?! It simply just doesn't make sense to me but she definitely without a doubt was mighty greedy.
Very well presentation video Ollie. Fantastic narration and great background music. Thank you
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Thank you so much elke! Have a great day!
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You're very welcome! Thank you. Good night now, also for you. Relisten the video now
IMO She MAY have murdered - the husband whose hair and nails fell out sounds like a poisoning - but no, not a Sorceress.
The 'confession' was made under torture so didn't count. Poor maid 😔.
Glad that her daughter was rescued. What happened to William with all his loot? 🤔
Very well done 👍🏼 ❤️.
P. S., It also depends if one believes that sorcery is a thing......
Thank you for watching Janet! Yes its very suspicious! Alice's son William was sentenced to community service lol
Surely she could have found a way to do away with the bishop if she could kill four husbands.
I just recently found your channel and I love your videos. They are well researched and pretty straightforward without all the fluff and nonsense I've seen in others. I quickly became a subscriber for that alone so keep up the amazing work
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cool video love the content this one has given me a few ideas already for a story maybe novel including the main characters in this vid though it will be a fantasy and set in my own created world
I'd like to read it when you're done
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It's always crazy to me how people will actually successfully get away with murder and then be stupid enough to do it again.
Must happen all the time ... thank you for watching the video!
She wasn't stupid because she got away with it.
That's not unusual. If you get away with something wrong you'll get bolder and have less remorse, if any at all. That is particularly the case for severe crimes like r@pe and murder. Many of these people feel invincible indeed after some time. Plus, they become more experienced with every crime.
However, often these criminals get reckless considering themselves untouchable and thus, they often get sloppy and careless and if the sword comes down it happens out of nowhere for them. In short: getting away with crime leads to more and often more severe crimes.
She certainly wasn't very nice, but i would confess to ANYTHING under torture!
Thanks for another great story and video Ollie!:-) 😽🖖
Thank you Barry! I hope enjoyed the video!
Petronias Statement of the Potion and what it contained had an obvious flaw in that it contained " Scorpions " and alas Ireland does not have them anywhere on that Island .
Thank you, Ollie.
Thank you so much for watching ❤️
@@historyprofiles You bet. See you next time. Stay safe out there.
And ah, yes, the classic tale of Sugar Daddy Satan helping all these women wreak havoc 🤣
😂 blame the devil !
I believe alice was a black widow for sure. I would also like to know what became of William jr. Her son and apparent accomples
I believe her son William was sentenced to some sort of community service as his wealth may have had influence in the decision by the court!
It is kind of amazing she wasn't locked away and/or burned! I don't understand how her poor maid was "convicted," when she wasn't deemed guilty!? Especially in that time period. So, that is a lil' suspish...
The maid was a normal woman so she had no connections to people with power except Alice herself, connections was everything back then and still is really. But Alice got away due to friends in high places and her vast wealth so I’m sure she could bribe anyone, anyway thank you for watching the video!!
I’ve been to the restaurant that tells this story. In Kilkenny. Beautiful place. It really is a wonder city and Ireland is a great country 😊
I wonder how she got the wills changed. More than just womanly wiles would be needed to make a wealthy landowner leave out first-born children, his legacy. Perhaps she was an expert poisoner.
Great video.😊😊😊
Thank you so much Elizabeth !!
Sure, a Blackwidow, but I do love how ultimately stupid we humans are. A which me hole.
That confession cracked me right up. Like a child's story, ever-mounting in worse and worse acts until finally, that damn imagination runs out.
Brilliant video!
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Where were all the men being accused of witchcraft and sorcery 🙄
It’s easy to get 4 husbands when you’re forced to marry at 13. And let’s not forget he didn’t accuse her until she called in a Loan he owed and she refused his demand that she build him a new part of the church.
It's always a crossroads. We love getting up to mischief at a crossroads here in Ireland
Without creditable evidence, this woman had four husbands the died. Until there is any credible evidence to the contrary, she is innocent.
She was a murderer not a witch just greedy money and power hungry woman
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I've never heard this story but I really enjoy hearing history from Ireland, I live near Kilkenny I love it here. Sounds to me Alice was both beautiful and greedy, if she had just some of what she inherited she may have gotten away with the title witch
A lucky woman who outlived her husbands. Considering the charges it is obviously a set up.
Thank you for watching the video! Have a great day Katie ! But yes it may have been!
No she was a murderer her last husband wss poisoned and did something to the wills to give het and her son everything and not their biological children is fishy
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Oftentimes accusations of sorcery/ witchcraft were to be able to legally dispossess a wealthy woman of her estate, but in this case, I think it's pretty clear she did away with each of her husbands once she had ensured their wealth would be passed on to her. Whether she practiced sorcery, or just poisoned them, is not possible to discern any more. I suppose it also depends on whether you believe that it is real.
sorcery encompasses poison making.
pharmakeia is the word we derive from greek for pharmacy or drugs and the word sorcery in a lot of texts is translated to pharmakeia
which admittedly seems to have a play in rituals of devil worship or "spells" used to make potions of whatever so their often intermingled
None of the above, I think she was a murderer who likely had her first son as an accomplice but this has nothing to do with sorcery.
Yes William was definitely an accomplice! Thank you so much for watching the video! I hope you enjoyed it!
@@historyprofiles I did, you make great videos! I’d love you to cover some more current history on cults such as the Australian Satanic cult for example.
Morning coffee with Ollie ☕☕
Just a serial killer plying her poisons to gain riches. And poor Petronia. She was an innocent girl. Her interrogator hurt her so badly that she had to own up to his idiotic questions. Such horrible people back then treating prisoners like they did.
Smart, ruthless woman in a world of men. Had a man done all this it'd be a triumphant tale of what a great man he was.
People are so naive in the comments... one of her husbands even suspected he was poisoned? just throw that out and the obvious trail of destruction that follows her because "torture makes anyone say stuff, such a specific confession is just made up cause torture" i think is tunnel visioning
people don't seem to realize that innocence does matter to some people and that people have been tortured before and not said a word.
Great video keep them coming! these are fantastically well made and according to the comments polarizing!
Nice video 👍
I enjoyed that ☘🧚♂️🇨🇮
I picked her voice up in cellar of the pub on my phone no mic nothing.
I don’t think that she consulted with the Devil. However she was At the time poisoning her husbands and that was actually considered witchcraft by the church. However the characters in these stories might have been changed around because I question the surnames of these people. At the time of Alice Kyteller. Surnames did in fact exist. I question the name of her servant girl Petranea. By the time of the 14th century Gaelic culture was entrenched into the aristocracy of Ireland the nobility spoke Gaelic and were more interested in doing things closer to the native Irish. Take for instance Gerald Fitzgerald the sorcerer. The so-called chancellor of Ireland at the time and the bishop. Possibly they could’ve been changed around their names. Also the use of scorpions what do people in the 13th century or 14th century Ireland know of scorpions? They’re not native to Ireland. Although that could’ve been acquired through trade but I doubt that’s highly unlikely.
But in Irish witchcraft there is the use of the cross roads. If you read Lady Wilde’s book ( Oscar Wilde’s mother) Irish charms cures and superstitions. She mentioned some thing of killing a black cock and burying it at the cross roads.
Back then, it wasn't uncommon for people to marry several times because death was a regular occurrence as they didn't have the medical care we have today. However it is very strange that the husbands left their own children out of their wills.... that's what I truly sets this apart.
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Sounds like they were soft. All too soft to fight for their fathers inheritance. They could have easily killed Alice and William.
Love video,very good story...I'm from Serbia,we have tradition in famous Vlashka Magic and you can make video about that!?Also,name Vampire come from,our Serbian language and we have a lots of stories,legends,traditions in witchcraft and sorcery and other strange things so you can also INVESTIGATE that part of East European Dark Ages !! ?
Great video
My daughter's second name, from my partner's side of the family, is that of the last purported witch to be hanged in the UK.
I'm guessing that she possessed "forbidden" knowledge. Her areas of expertise were probably sex and toxicology. You don't need demons to be a major threat to people around you.
Kilkenny
South park? lol
@@historyprofiles 🤣. Poor Kenny. Kilkenny, Cork and Kerry the most scariest countries in Ireland. The fairies are alive and dangerous. Loved the way you told the story. Well done
7:43 =Bet they made a forced confession from her...
I reckon she was just a greedy woman who could of possibly poisoned her husbands. It seems strange that the marriages lasted 7 years or so before they died, if she was trying to get super wealthy, you would expect her to kill them faster and not stay in the same area where she could be investigated by the bishop and hated by the common folk, you would of expected her to sell her land and buy some elsewhere, perhaps England or Scotland and move to there to get more influence in a more powerful and important country. It also seems strange that she never had any more children with any of her husbands after the 1st one.
She may of been a sorceress, but the maid who confessed was tortured, and you can get people to say anything under torture to get it to stop. Lots of people who were hated by the church were accused of such things, and i think very few of them actually attempted to commune with demons and do black magic rituals, however it would of definitly happened in some cases, but i think in this one it is unlikely, but poinsoning her husbands after they changed their will? Or she changed it under her husbands name? More likely.
She's a black widow but she ain't no Witch.
Thank you for watching Dustin !
Hi Ollie i somehow missed your video. Again my most hated issue.Witch prosecution 😔I hate it
She could have killed/poisoned her husbands after securing her place in her will OR she could just have been an outstanding wife and caretaker. Alice literally took the maidservant's daughter with her with her escape to England and may actually have taken care of the girl. Of course, that's just speculation but it's rather rare for a wealthy person to take care of the child of their own servant who also gave testimony(albeit under torture) that would have definitely led to a death sentence to all the participants.
I do believe she killed one of those husbands by poisoning him but I don't think she dabbled in witchcraft.
Thank you
All we know is that she was most likely greedy, since she was always the heir to her husbands's' money. Quite unusual that no first born son ever got any money. So: possibly greedy. Other than that: no one knows for sure. The only thing we know for sure is that sorcery and witchcraft doesn't exist, so her maid died in a horrible way for nothing. I read about the case on Wikipedia, so I know what happened to William: "community service" is indeed a good way to describe it. XD Suspect he lived a quiet life afterward.
I wonder how she ended up in the end. She completely disappears from the registers, so did she die? Did she change her name? No one knows... She could have been just unlucky with so many husbands dying suddenly, and basing it on the time - it could indeed happen in a natural way (bad food, probably, in some cases). But like many others, I do indeed suspect that she killed her husbands to get to their money. William was most likely involved. Oh well.
Wow I live here 🇮🇪
This would make a good movie
The real demon here is the Bishop. I say this bc the confessions from the maid servant were most definitely made up by the bishop. Alice might have done some foul play, but I doubt the devil had anything to do with it lol great video tho!
On a serious note my opinion is that The Sorcereress of Kilkenny was a cruel and spiteful (but the OG) "gold-digger". Medieval peoples unfortunately for her were frenzied about witches and black magic, and that manifested in the gruesome events of torture and execution. Damn the bitch of Kilkenny!
I’d don’t believe she was witch I’d think
She just learned various things.that
In tressed her while in same time.she
Was smart on bribing the right people.
That whent in her favor.she made sure
Her children would have wealth..again
I’d don’t believe she was witch
Its possible someone else like the stepsons did the killings and just blamed her of witchcraft. So they wouldn't be blamed for the killings themselves.
Unfortunately, history as taught in school is quite boring and uninteresting. It rather confused me when younger, as I loved to read biographies of famous men and women, and found their life stories fascinating. In college, once past the survey courses there was a great improvement, and I actually majored in English History. I think it greatly helped that the professors of the upper level courses had doctorates in history, showing their own interest.
As a former resident of Kilkenny, you have misspelled “Kilkenny”.
My bad dale thank you for pointing that out! I hope you enjoyed the video!
@@historyprofiles : I did enjoy this, thanks mate!
Clever lady but watch out if you marry her . Short life, happy wife?
Hiya Ollie... I think Alice was a serial killer... sounds like she got the seven year itch... poisoned her husband and moved on. She was a witch with no conscience.
Well done... thank you🍀👍
I wonder if she is family of Black Aliss from Terry Pratchett
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She was both!
A demon named Robert?
That's my father's name and explains oh so much! Lol
Hair and nails falling out sound like Thallium or Mercury poisoning.
Ask Alice!
Sounds like heavy metal poisoning...arsenic or mercury?
Suspiciously seems as though she were a widow with uncanny 'luck'...they change their wills & conveniently die soon after. But the story doesn't say what happened to her son.
I suspect she offed her husbands. No doubt she went away to more successful "widowings".
Too bad the servant paid for her dirty dealings. But this life isn't as long as one in her situation wishes. Even 150 years isn't long-enough. Then payment is due...😈
Proof that boredom without the internet was dangerous
I wonder what the Ashantis of Ghana west Africa were doing at this period of time?
Sounds like one of history's first black widow killers to me.
Maybe she did kill her husbands for their wealth. But I will say anything or agree to anything if tortured just to make the torture stop. So that poor servant was most likely just telling her torturers what they wanted to hear
Witch hysteria and misunderstood Alice Kyteler back in the 14th century
While the suspicion is understandable they literally persecuted her with no proof other than hate that a woman had power and wealth, by today's standards she's innocent.
She wasn't a witch, but rather a manipulative opportunistic murderer.
Maybe she and her son were just better people than the heirs were.
Richard who?
Ok
Anybody’s that’s named “tiler” should be seriously looked at