Ugly History: Witch Hunts - Brian A. Pavlac

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Uncover the history of the witch hunts that swept through Europe and the American colonies from the 15th century until the 18th century.
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In the German town of Nördlingen in 1593, innkeeper Maria Höll found herself accused of witchcraft. She was arrested for questioning, and denied the charges. She insisted she wasn’t a witch through 62 rounds of torture before her accusers finally released her. Other accused witches weren’t so “lucky." Why did these witch hunts occur? Brian A. Pavlac digs into this horrific chapter in human history.
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@Morneisia 5 лет назад

Witch hunters: "Are you a WITCH??" Suspect: "no" W.H.: "Ah, EXACTLY what a witch would say."

@damie6674 4 года назад

You should ask the witch hunters if they are a witch😂

@ethangold4900 4 года назад

@@damie6674 Exactly W.H: are you a witch? Witch: no W.H: Exactly what a witch would say Witch: how about you? Are you a witch? W.H: No Witch: Exactly what a witch would say

@StrawberryFeildsforNever 4 года назад

Morneisia are you a witch? No. Exactly what a witch would say! Are you a witch? Yes. ALSO EXACTLY WHAT A WITCH WOULD SAY!!!

@hinafan 4 года назад

WH: A witch! Witch: Im not a witch. WH: Yes you are! That is what a witch would say! Witch: Are YOU a witch? WH: Err.. uhm.. no.. Citizens: A witch! Burn him! Witch: Witch! WH: NO! Im the WH! Witch: What an actual witch would say! Citizens: Are you a witch? Witch: No! Are you? Citizens: No! Everyone: Everyone’s a witch! Burn us all! Government: So, do you all confess to be a witch?! Everyone: No.. were not witches! Government: Yes, you are! Everyone: Fine, we confess to taking part in witchcraft. Government: Exactly, burn them! Everyone: Are YOU a witch? Government: No! Everyone: Witches! Burn us all! *7 Hours later* _ashes_

@jianghan4086 4 года назад

Kafkasque

@marvel-uppermoon 5 лет назад

They thought witches had magical power, yet didn't find it odd that they couldn't use those powers to break free or something 🙄

@couragew6260 5 лет назад

Sorcerer Supreme Fear and Anger tend to do that. People who fear the unknown or blame someone for misfortune (a plague, famine, etc) tend to ironically forget even the most basic logic and think emotionally, not logically. Emotions are important, but without logic to back it up, what you get is your common child screaming for its toy back.

@herodotus945 5 лет назад

They believed that Satan abandoned them in those moments.

@samanthaholt2894 5 лет назад

Them people in the Middle Ages were cray

@herodotus945 5 лет назад

@@samanthaholt2894 this isnt middle ages, this is the age of rationality, Issac Newton probably saw more witch hunts than anyone in entire middle ages.

@bananabread4127 5 лет назад

Haha

@dev-ul3jb 5 лет назад

(baby is born) Nurse: It's a baby girl! Baby: **cries** Law Enforcement: 'TIS A WITCH!

@RA10802 4 года назад

Hahahaha

@andronikit.896 3 года назад

Sad true

@rotshepherd3817 3 года назад

It was the church. Law enforcement is not the best way to describe them

@prashamsagraceshibu1423 3 года назад

You at 666 likes I don't know what to do...

@BlackSakura33 2 года назад

No, they usually waited to see if she is an obedient baby making machine or not. If not, she is a witch.

@RixMorales 4 года назад

God: Thou shalt not kill! People: She's a witch! Burn her! God: Am I a joke to you?

@letsomethingshine 4 года назад

"thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" that is all... hypocrites abound in idolatries like Bibliolatries.

@ibrahamlincon9876 4 года назад

The biblical god is the reason for these monstrosities let's not kid our selves just read Leviticus and Deuteronomy

@aidan-ator7844 3 года назад

@@ibrahamlincon9876 the biblical God is not the reason for this. Leviticus and Deuteronomy only applied to the Jewish society in order to not let any corruption into the society so that Jesus could come from it. The other thing is that you are judging God based off of the moral law taught to you by the Bible and what has created the base for morals around most of the world today. This was caused by people doing these things for power and using the Bible as a justification for it. Most people killed in the middle ages were not even real witches.

@ibrahamlincon9876 3 года назад

what i care about is that he command this monstreseties at a certain time wich makes him a monster

@imanouasfi589 3 года назад

Oh no that's not how religion works, people since always only talked about what they liked and ignored or denied other facts in religious books and basically modified them to make it convenient for them so they could have an excuse for everything

@francinebaricuatro7459 5 лет назад

Makes me realize how people always want to find someone to blame for their misfortunes rather than accept it as a natural occurrence 🤷

@veramelo3346 5 лет назад

Same thing whit god

@dekuboidonut4552 5 лет назад

As a matter of fact if something bad happened in the village such as a famine or droughts than the fingers would immedently pointed at potiental wicthes

@c.9231 5 лет назад

My friend lived in Guatemala just a few years ago. She said she saw children die of malnutrition but the belief was that whoever happened to have touched the child last was the one who killed them (magically) and the town's police would arrest people based on that superstition!!! The child who was sick would be crying and holding out its arms in need of comfort, but no one in the family would hold them for fear of the accusation.

@MrBroccoliStew 5 лет назад

Sadly, there are still people who blame others when in fact its their own fault or ‘karma’ going after them

@ThZuao 5 лет назад

Or their own fault.

@heristyono4755 5 лет назад

"Torture, it does not work. Under torture, a man will say almost anything to make the pain stop." -Hani Pasha

@daniellae0 5 лет назад

heri styono that’s the point of torture

@revolverocelot4823 5 лет назад

@@daniellae0 The problem is when you have someone who truly doesn't know anything so they'll say what you want even when it ain't true

@emmazhang2418 5 лет назад

😭

@gordonferrar7782 4 года назад

Torture in alot of cases really hurts. -Me

@MGP_2024 4 года назад

One of my favorite movie

@Tony-kr6lm 3 года назад

One of my favorite quotes describes this type of thing perfectly, "Hatred and prejudice will never be eradicated, and witch hunts will never be about witches." - Witcher 3

@garnett2350 2 года назад

The witches are the outcasts, the people who are different, who are minorites, people will always target those as a "threat" to fulfill their ignorance

@alexanderartz2288 Год назад

To have a scapegoat - that’s the key. Humans always fear the alien, the odd.

@bobobsen Год назад

@@alexanderartz2288 e.g. women

@schizophreniagaming1187 4 года назад

everybody gangster 'till the crops starts dying

@Gaddafist23 4 года назад

Julius Caesar or the cows start getting sick.

@averymarcellus4048 4 года назад

JANSISBSKBDKSB

@calthecat6527 3 года назад

It’s gansta

@jepong1768 3 года назад

or farm animals begin to sick...

@squooshbloosh1029 3 года назад

im literly dying rn omg

@atiksh5995 5 лет назад

Me realizing that I wouldn't survive a second in the 15th century

@chandrikarawat8606 5 лет назад

Same 🔥

@eddie9420 4 года назад

Same honestly.

@jackdaniels9179 4 года назад

Me realizing we cannot survive a highly superstitious or religious society.

@menace2819 4 года назад

Same bruh, either I'll die as a child from some disease or die as an adolescent by being depicted as a witch, cause I'm an outcast even in the modern society

@caelebgill4411 4 года назад

Bro fr😂

@TheGreatCooLite 5 лет назад

Law Enforcement: Are you a witch? Woman: No Law Enforcement: How about we torture you until you confess? Woman: Fine, I, uh, confess to taking part in witchcraft. I'll accept any punishment. Law Enforcement: *I believe every word that woman just said, because it's exactly what I wanted to hear*

@TEDEd 5 лет назад

Pretty much!

@alessianorbis4753 5 лет назад

Kind of like society in these days, only hears what it wants to be heard

@Raviadhonis 5 лет назад

@@rexroselo5060 i'll save him from satan

@crispyein8601 5 лет назад

it’s so twisted smh

@Cleeon 5 лет назад

Scenario based on true story

@lilyraimey3499 4 года назад

The mob mentality can be so terrifying.

@WhiteOutFanYT 2 года назад

Tell that to BLM

@banana-sj6sm 2 года назад

@@WhiteOutFanYT wtf...

@wilsh 2 года назад

@@WhiteOutFanYT y’all are obsessed lmaoo

@bobbob7919 2 года назад

@@wilsh I think you're proving his point

@bobbob7919 2 года назад

@@banana-sj6sm everything should be under question and scrutiny. No group is immune to group think individuals

@sofiya6704 4 года назад

"Your silence will not protect you." Me, an introvert: ...

@aasthade0309 3 года назад

We introverts would be dead the second we were born.

@mikhailbjornsson1874 5 лет назад

I like they change the narrator depending on the subject's topic

@316bkeb 5 лет назад

Will you marry me

@missworld4384 5 лет назад

Mr. Unknown what the ?

@316bkeb 5 лет назад

@@missworld4384 sorry

@missworld4384 5 лет назад

Mr. Unknown it doesn't matter , but you shouldn't say that to random people

@CountryCowboy008 5 лет назад

That's right. Although my favorite is Addison Anderson 😍😍😍

@platonian2421 5 лет назад

Now I know why Voldemort hates muggles so much

@sepehrsohrabi95 5 лет назад

:)))

@rose_linniw 4 года назад

Lol yeah

@ayushilenka7343 4 года назад

I was looking for some potterheads in the comments section.... Finally found some

@rose_linniw 4 года назад

@@ayushilenka7343 like right , what house are you

@purplzmoon5998 4 года назад

And grindelwald too

@rick631 2 года назад

It makes me sick to see innocent people being falsely accused, especially when they went through this unjust harsh torture

@mj4andrea 4 года назад

There’s a book titled “Caliban and the Witch” which argues that the goal of the witch-hunt was to push women back into a domestic role and to keep them there. After the plague, women had greater standing in society than before, as you needed every able-bodied person to contribute given the decline in population, regardless of gender. The author, Silvia Federici, argues part of the reason that the witch hunts went away was not because of rationalism, but because they succeeded in their goal. An interesting take on the issue, I think.

@asellandrofacchio7263 Год назад

That's such an incredibly artificially distorted take on reality. You people are hideous.

@mateomoreira8009 Год назад

Yeah very interesting book

@Testimony_Of_JTF Год назад

Seems very wrong to me as widespread witch hunts didn't hit the elites and most importantly didn't kill that many people, at least the ones done by Church.

@huntergreenwood8036 5 лет назад

A Witch Hunts video that doesn't talk only about Salem trials? TED, we stan you

@capnmo6718 5 лет назад

Salem was hardly the worst of any historical witch trials. Not even close. It’s simply the most discussed because of Americanized influence over mass media. Wurzburg, Trier, Basque, among many more were far more tragic.

@alinasajan4002 5 лет назад

Seriously, how could you skip the Salem witch trials, dude? It was the most notorious in the history of witch hunts, that occurred in America!!!!!!😒

@51stcenturygirl 5 лет назад

@Cap'n Mo I agree, clear case of americentrism right there..

@pieretteokon471 5 лет назад

Alina Sajan but, were they talking about American witch trials or just the trend of witch trials? The video was talking about the trend and it began in Europe.

@pieretteokon471 5 лет назад

Alina Sajan also, the Salem witch trials may have been the worst in America, but that does not make them the worst in the world. Just because you may think America is the centre of the world doesn’t mean it actually is

@MarvinElsen 5 лет назад

3:30 "YOU COMITTED YOUR ETERNAL SOUL TO THE ARTS OF THE DARK LORD!!! ....That'll be 25 Pennies, thank you." xD

@iliasberrada5021 5 лет назад

what movie is that from ?

@sip__ 5 лет назад

Marvin Elsen ha

@sip__ 5 лет назад

ilias berrada it’s not, it’s a joke

@iliasberrada5021 5 лет назад

@@sip__ oh okay, cause it sounds straight out of a monty python scene

@c.9231 5 лет назад

ilias berrada - I thought so, too.

@sonordviernes4349 4 года назад

God has created the "Ten Commandments", specificaly: Thou shall not bear false witness. And yet, people --under the care of churches-- were accusing people. I think that is the true witchcraft: accusing people.

@nopenope7937 3 года назад

Exactly why religion seems so much harder to believe now because of history

@laurahenry7728 3 года назад

Me two

@rimfire8217 3 года назад

Their are those among Men who Claim to know God and so Commit their Acts of greed pride wrath envy sloth gluttony and lust “In the name of God” But those sins must be held to them and not on God.

@ashiquematt3233 2 года назад

Most of the accusing people honestly believed they were implementing god's will

@anandasatria7734 2 года назад

*gasp* the church are the witches all along!

@itsmeshuji1231 4 года назад

Men: **does a magic trick** 15th century peeps: Oh my God! It's a miracle. Women: **Does nothing** 15th century peeps: *SHE A WITCH! BURN HER!*

@reagan1306 3 года назад

ITSmeSHUJI u said it wrong it’s supposed to be the women does magic

@grilly03 3 года назад

Owlful Do u not get the joke?

@greenpeppermint7518 3 года назад

Have you ever heard of the modern version

@StrikerCup79 3 года назад

@@reagan1306 long ago man using magic is like jesus but if women they just say witch!

@thehappysuma3067 3 года назад

Nice to see people making jokes in a video about bloody witch hunts.

@darkhoodchief 5 лет назад

That was a really bad time to be an introvert since you will be the target of accusations for not being able to throw blame on others.

@zzzlikeaboszzz 5 лет назад

even worse, if u use knowledge unknown by the church to cured some strange disease, u are properly a witch

@Jordan_Dossou 5 лет назад

@@zzzlikeaboszzz that's sad. Even people devoting their time to good causes were witches

@sangonomiyakokomi5764 4 года назад

Imagine creating a vaccine that actually works in that era welp time to hang em with a noose

@hereandnow5235 3 года назад

We need those people nowadays, to do the same with feminazis

@ruislover4676 3 года назад

@@hereandnow5235 wtf

@hazmat4938 5 лет назад

How to spot a witch 1. Accuse someone of being a witch 2. Profit???

@ThinkInsights 4 года назад

Hahaha LOL😂

@takeshiasahi5494 2 года назад

"Kissing the devils A***" **Literally every corporate worker felt that**

@happyperson1851 4 года назад

Meanwhile in Lithuania: Person: "Hey, are you a witch?" Witch: "Are you Catholic?" Person: "No." Witch: "Then yes, I'm a witch." Person: "Oh good. Look, I have this lump on my back. Am I gonna die?"

@jimin501 4 года назад

Happy Person LOL

@deletedchannel6112 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@redhollow9079 3 года назад

witch: bro don’t bring that here!!

@icommentonunderratedvids8389 3 года назад

Reminds me of the episode in The Big Bang where the Jewish guy gets hooked up

@piotrtoborek2442 2 года назад

This comment makes no sense... Most "witch trials" were initiated by secular or protestant authorithies (like Salem trials for example).

@Aisha-ix6qz 5 лет назад

Wow the quote at the beginning hit me hard

@botique2025 5 лет назад

If this video came out earlier and I would have watched it, I could have used that quote for a debate contest in which I participated for a theme regarding the mandatory voting.

@youobviouslyloveoreos7101 5 лет назад

@@botique2025 well at least now u know about it

@botique2025 5 лет назад

@@youobviouslyloveoreos7101 true

@alanturing487 5 лет назад

What is it, i didn't catch?

@Aisha-ix6qz 5 лет назад

@@botique2025 This quote would have fit perfectly!

@jas-hr6gq 5 лет назад

I have a morbid fascination with the witch hunts, and I always feel so bad for the victims that I could just cry. I hope they’re resting in peace.

@MIKE_THE_BRUMMIE 5 лет назад

It's what happens when religion is given free rain over a society. This is still happening today in parts of the world children are beaten and burnt to death.

@dr.davidwho4053 5 лет назад

When personalities (kramer) and leaders (the pope, pope innocent) are believed by gullible people, sane innocent good people will suffer.

@GonzaloWorl97 5 лет назад

Have you watched the film 'Silent Hill'? I think you would like it :)

@CupoChinoMusic 4 года назад

@@GonzaloWorl97 Even better, have you *played* Silent Hill?

@SchizophrenicFrankie 4 года назад

You should watch The Witch by Robert Eggers. It's a horror film, but plays with the fear and paranoia of Puritan America as a family, outcasts from their commune, begin to go insane and accuse one another of witchcraft. Amazing film, I'm a witch and learning about the dark past of my practices is very eye opening, and I'm all about educating those who don't understand witchcraft.

@hongkijeremy5236 4 года назад

Before: *Killing and Burning witches* Now: *Finding witches to curse someone*

@irishmanfromengland25 3 года назад

Remember, what goes around comes around! This is coming from a practitioner of witchcraft, you can trust me.

@split5887 2 года назад

@@irishmanfromengland25 lol

@megacynical37 2 года назад

now: killing and hunting down witches*

@misterlove7895 2 года назад

Except witch isnt real

@Blue-ul7cg 2 года назад

@@misterlove7895 witches are real idk they are called "white witches" you can know more about witches if u search them. Bye ;)

@murkish8268 3 года назад

No one: Women: *exists in the 15th century* Everyone: TIS BUT A WITCH

@MaxChaser17 5 лет назад

The narrator's voice is really suitable on this kind of video! Amazing as always Ted Ed Edit: omgosh thanks for the likes. And for the heart Ted ed

@corvetteguy2223 5 лет назад

The creepy music helps, too.

@sonoflethal 5 лет назад

What heart?

@MaxChaser17 5 лет назад

@@sonoflethal it disappeared after I edited my comment. Lol. Sad

@thegrammarcrusader4085 5 лет назад

Rip lol

@sonoflethal 5 лет назад

@@MaxChaser17 it's very smart of RU-vid acctually

@duchi882 5 лет назад

*"She turned me into a newt!"* *_"A newt?!"_* *_"I got better"_*

@galgar5660 5 лет назад

A DUCK!

@ripvanwinkle654 5 лет назад

A DOLPHIN!

@laxmandass6946 5 лет назад

I know what you did there 😉

@user-ht3tp3uj4v 5 лет назад

Monty python!

@ClareParkinson 5 лет назад

Well, we did do the nose...

@blumelein731 4 года назад

Non-magic people (more commonly know as Muggles) were particularly afraid of magic in medieval times, but not very good at recognizing it.On the rare occasion that they did catch a real witch or wizard, burning had no effect whatsoever.The witch or wizard could perform a basic Flame-Freezing Charm and then pretend to shriek with pain while enjoying a gentle, tickling sensation.Indeed, Wendelin the Weird enjoyed being burnt so much that she allowed herself to be caught no less than forty-seven times in various disguises.

@dumb8050 4 года назад

👌Someon read the textbooks

@khanusmagnus577 Год назад

True

@bobobsen Год назад

You will never be a real wizard

@bhagyashreenamwade1742 4 года назад

"They're burning all the witches even if you aren't one"

@maddie8616 3 года назад

IS IT WEIRD THAT I WAS LISTENING TO THE SONG AS I READ THAT? Talk about deja vu!

@laurahenry7728 3 года назад

True and I really like that song

@imsickoflifeanditstactics5063 3 года назад

They got their pitchforks and proofs, their reciepts and reeasons

@user-so7nd5zl2b 3 года назад

So light me up, light me up, go ahead and light me up

@imsickoflifeanditstactics5063 3 года назад

THEY SAY I DID SOMETHING BAD

@fardifaalam605 5 лет назад

I'm so glad Ted-Ed finally made a video on this topic!

@ShaaaShine 5 лет назад

Rupert Sheldrake anyone?

@tophat5174 5 лет назад

ShaaaShine j

@jackyzhu9761 5 лет назад

Witch hunts. Grinch hunts. Wolf hunts (mostly a minor threat). Dingo hunts (mostly a false threat). Communist hunts.

@MystmaxkinnTV 5 лет назад

She's a... she's a witch. Lads prepare the pyre.

@starcherry6814 5 лет назад

This is just the European history of witch hunts. Unfortunately similar forms of witch hunts were also widely practiced in Africa and Asia as well.

@quarteracreadventures855 4 года назад

It is still happening to this very day.

@jozefpisudski6952 4 года назад

In Latin America too.

@ethangold4900 4 года назад

Good thing that never happened in Antartica *Oh wait*

@AlexChangYuan 4 года назад

You forgot North America

@RikXtreme4 4 года назад

Yes, most of mankind was very simple minded and fearful back then

@user-uv1bt1hg4t 4 года назад

Someone : Are you a witch ? A real witch : Yeah , and i'm Ravenclaw by the way Someone : Can I burn you ? A real witch : can i kill you ? Someone : no , but- A real witch : Crucio

@rose_linniw 4 года назад

Hey there Ravenclaw I am a Hufflepuff finally found a potterhead in the comments

@ayushilenka7343 4 года назад

I was looking for some potterheads in the comments section.... Finally found some

@inanjarif1388 4 года назад

I'm pretty sure Rowling mentioned somewhere that sometimes the medieval Muggles would stumble upon real witches. Apparently they would just use a charm on the fire to make it useless,and then disapparate. I don't remember the source,but it should be somewhere.

@rose_linniw 4 года назад

@@inanjarif1388 yea I remember too, it was in one of the books. Professor Bins(History professor)was telling Harry's class about it

@micow9951 4 года назад

Does the crucio spell kill isn't it for torture? I'm not a diehard fan so I'm not sure

@OdinMMA 4 года назад

Silvia Federici, a historian, wrote a fascinating book on this subject called, 'Caliban and the Witch'. She states that the witchhunts were used to weaken the peasant classes for the enclosure of land that would eventually lead to their serfdom under capitalism.

@Brainstorm69 5 лет назад

It's crazy how this dangerous idea spread throughout Europe during the Renaissance and enlightenment.

@bnmnsmp4547 5 лет назад

Enlightenment may even have contributed to the witchhunts (keep in mind: demonology and mysticism were serious investigated subjects until the early 20th century). And the invention of book printing helped to spread the Malleus maleficarum. While this book was banned by the Vatican (such bans were often ignored north of the Alps) and the Catholic Churchs top experts in demonology and the Holy Inquisition said it was bullsh***, it sadly became a popular book for secular courts. But the most important lesson is in which juristical systems the witchhunts worked. Large juristical systems were unsuited for a propper witchhunt but in small independent systems, where the judge couldn't be dissociated from local events a witchhunt was possible and could really take a huge toll.

@cornelladyas1134 5 лет назад

@piotrtoborek2442 2 года назад

@@bnmnsmp4547 It is worth to add that Holy Inquisition saved countless accused of "witchcraft" by conducting real trials (if they were lucky enough to arrive before death sentence was carried out) and usually "punishing" the accused with a month of prayers or pilgrimage to some cathedral nearby instead of death sentence.

@herodotus945 5 лет назад

Fun fact : The Spanish inquisition never hunted witches and condemned belief in witchcraft as superstition.

@marrs1013 5 лет назад

Which hunt was ideological: no money directly gained in the process. The Spanish inquisition usually stripped the accused of their money, kicking the surviving family members to the gutters.

@herodotus945 5 лет назад

@@marrs1013 Spanish inquisition was a state institution that was never run by the church, and it often faced financial difficulties so taking properties away was rarely done.

@marrs1013 5 лет назад

@@herodotus945 Inquisition was generally orgenized and run by Rome, not to hunt witches but heretics. Some Spanish rulers used it drive jews and muslims out of Spain, but the bottom line stands. Those who were lucky enough to get away with denouncing their original faith (often after being tortured as the Inquisition had the right to torture and order execution) were simply banished.

@marrs1013 5 лет назад

@Jacob Zondag Wow... that is delusion on a different level. Congratulations.

@marrs1013 5 лет назад

@Jacob Zondag Some decent research always helps. It's like legday in the gym. If you skip it, you will look silly.

@louisehenry760 4 года назад

Fantastic material for my ESL class. Thank you!

@lenee8959 Год назад

Between the witch trials in the crusades, these people thought they were doing these horrible things in the name of God. And, as a Christian myself, God was definitely face palming.

@hsryu5569 5 лет назад

I always find it amazing how Ted Ed is always successful in doing their topics justice

@cedrickulacz8468 5 лет назад

It's called maintaining a good network of educators and sources. Basically, they put a lot of effort into this.

@tommykiryu777 5 лет назад

This is why I subscribe to Ted-Ed.

@yatint9665 5 лет назад

*I am so glad that our modern society relies only on HARD SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE and EXPERIMENTATION before believing in anything.* *looks at Flat-Earthers* *Oh Nevermind...*

@tommykiryu777 5 лет назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@JohnSmith-ik8nt 5 лет назад

Looks at global warming alarmists

@thanasispapazoglou8135 5 лет назад

The flat earthers are proof that human stupidity has no limits , just like Albert Einstein said

@firstnamelastname7079 5 лет назад

@@NeightrixPrime oh god....

@emilygraham1153 5 лет назад

Yatin T The problem is, WHO are they experimenting on? See Global Gestapo forums with Dr Eric Karlstrom and Ramola D. Cooking Humanity vdeo with Dr Barrie Trower exposes a lot too. Emily Liberty

@elimkwok938 4 года назад

Mom: Let me see what you have! Child: A knife!!!! Mom: *Witch!!!*

@berreyl1689 4 года назад

Christian : We should not kill people no matter how sinful they are Also Christian : Accusing people that they're witch so people know that they're innocent.

@sarahe4013 4 года назад

these aren't real Christians, they just use a mistranslated bible as an excuse to do whatever they want

@thatbitch3254 3 года назад

@@sarahe4013 that's a no true scotsman fallacy.

@thatbitch3254 3 года назад

@꧁ᴘᴇᴀᴄʜɪᴇ꧂ that's why there are so many denominations. Because they don't all interpret bible the same so you can't really claim that one version is true and one is not.

@chungyukling8221 3 года назад

@@Paper_Frogg so are you saying theres no such thing as christians?

@chungyukling8221 3 года назад

@@sarahe4013 yup. None of this nonsense is in the bible

@completem3ss 5 лет назад

The quality of the animation could easily be imagined to be seen on storybooks. A splendid job as always.

@dandoan5214 5 лет назад

Yup

@mmmk1616 5 лет назад

Every time I start a TED-Ed video, I click "like" first thing, pause it to read the quote if they have one, and sit back and enjoy, wishing it was longer :) They never disappoint!

@mikhail_tal1866 4 года назад

The Church isn’t perfect even until now

@Rougra787 3 года назад

a culpa nao é da religiao e sim dos homens

@amanda-zg5ho 3 года назад

As a Catholic yeah I agree its not perfect and yes a lot of stuff in the bible is bs but I still believe in God though and I respect if you don't everyone is entitled to their beliefs.

@lebontriangle1543 2 года назад

@@antoniusevan3722 dude are you serious?? UN?!?

@lebontriangle1543 2 года назад

lol Joseph Stalin is non-religious, yet his kills is estimated by 60M. More than any 'religious'-terrorist organization.

@antoniusevan3722 2 года назад

@@lebontriangle1543 No, well I'm just saying some international organization. It doesn't have to be UN.

@edwardxlee1990 5 лет назад

Interesting find! Thank you Ted Ed

@AlaePulli 5 лет назад

I'm from Nördlingen and I am so amazed by the accurate drawing of our city hall ^^

@sheru20 5 лет назад

Great video, especially at the end when the connection is made to the susceptibility of modern day "witch hunt" within communities throughout the world targeting weak minority groups.

@pyztni 3 года назад

The ending was brilliant! 💛

@finalform4971 3 года назад

"As we teach our children insane superstitious, our children also became insane." and the cycle repeats, until the majority starts to utilize science and logic

@clarkevander 5 лет назад

Sure let's harm a person we believe has magical powers. They won't use their magic to hurt us coz ...oh I dunno...it doesn't exist?" This is the most likes I got on YT. Thanks ❤️

@TheMozirax 5 лет назад

It does - in minds of crazy people

@Maniceureka 5 лет назад

It's easy to be condescending towards farmers living in times when only the rich could afford books, and you would go to a barber to have your leg amputated with a hacksaw and without anesthesia. These are times when mental illnesses were explained as demonic possessions, and a misshapen child was thought to be a changeling. And of course, you couldn't google facts on your iPhone.

@pedrobarreto702 5 лет назад

@@Maniceureka well said

@moneyinmyviens 5 лет назад

I don't think u know how magic works

@metallhak 5 лет назад

@@Maniceureka these witch hunts still happen in some parts of Africa

@mikhahl 5 лет назад

I wait until Ted himself will make a video.

@ParaREZX 5 лет назад

in case this is serious, TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design

@AN-ou6qu 5 лет назад

Ryan Lightbringer also, you probably know, ED stands for education. That’s pretty obvious though.

@mynameismmandimheretosay7979 5 лет назад

You both got wooooshed

@ParaREZX 5 лет назад

@@mynameismmandimheretosay7979 buddy must have not see 'in case this is serious'

@reba8607 5 лет назад

@@ParaREZX We all know that that's just a ploy and Ted is in hiding. We will find him

@someguythatfollowstheguywi5953 Год назад

A fair reminder of ignorance and extreme beliefs can poison one's mind.

@MAsonTRIX Год назад

get vakkzed.

@goutamighosh1396 7 месяцев назад

Things like this always make me wonder the amount of women who were not allowed to get educated or killed for being a free thinking person robbed the world of such talent...countless poets scientist artists academics...its mind-blowing ..

@eseguerito2629 5 лет назад

It sorta kinda happened again with the Red Scare. Oh wait nvm the narrator just suggested a video about it.

@backpacker3421 5 лет назад

It has happened many times throughout history. It is an eternal human weakness - to blame others for our misfortunes. Those in power recognize this weakness and exploit it all too often. It's happening today with immigration in the US, the UK and a lot of Europe.

@stormsurge1 5 лет назад

@@backpacker3421 Better modern example would be arresting those who go against the goverment in countries like China or Saudi Arabia.

@backpacker3421 5 лет назад

@@stormsurge1 That is another modern example. Not necessarily a better one.

@eseguerito2629 5 лет назад

C. Or how religious people who preach non-violence or object to military service are often accused of sedition.

@GonzaloWorl97 5 лет назад

I was thinking just that! Actually, if I'm not mistaken, there's a play called 'The crucible' by Arthur Miller that deals with witch hunters in Salem in the late 1700s. It was written during the 'red scare' period

@zuhairmehdee 5 лет назад

I love the deeper message they're trying to convey.

@nicolasoke7421 4 года назад

I love how videos covering this say 'many' or 'most' rather than all when referring to those falsely accused of witchcraft...

@mahedihassan9196 2 года назад

Thanks for your video I can't wait for the next video

@vjazz9374 5 лет назад

Terrifying and angering at the same time, these witch hunt techniques persist until today-- even in our country, the Philippines. This is a great lesson, but sadly reminds us of our government's terror-- but also gives hopes to society that "reason has a capacity to combat" such horrors.

@clarkepercivaljaeblood4886 5 лет назад

Hold on... What?!

@theodore23sanchez 5 лет назад

@@clarkepercivaljaeblood4886 The Philippines doesn't have a witch hunt, it has a drug hunt. Innocent people have died, not at the stake, but at a bullet

@hadikosh 5 лет назад

Stop objectifying male & boy bodies at your country (imagine if sexes were reverse- even ppl from ur outside country will loose their mind too)

@jeanablao2796 4 года назад

Filipino?

@minhhieu7658 5 лет назад

Ted-ed's animations always impress me

@a.raniiii_ 4 года назад

The quality of these videos is surreal!! The animation, narration, quality, information! This is actually fun to watch!

@callmethecommentcountess9329 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for telling me the story

@Warriors_On_Pawz 5 лет назад

What a suitable topic for everything going on with RU-vid right now

@sech-mash 5 лет назад

So there's technically the possibility of everyone being a witch...

@1999-Sy 8 месяцев назад

So sad

@theknightofthelibrary8790 5 лет назад

Absolutely love this video, very educational and I hope you guys keep making videos like this!

@IfIDont_NobodyWill 5 лет назад

TED-Ed always uses a wonderful quote! That hits really hard! 💙

@Vugen18 4 года назад

that end. best ted ed ever.

@ashutosh2938 4 года назад

Damn..Why do I like this channel so much

@lynnle7489 5 лет назад

I have to read “The Crucible” for my AP Summer work so this video came out at the perfect time for me!!

@naveenraj2008eee 5 лет назад

Nice topic coupled with great animation... Thanks ted-ed....🙏😊 You are best...👍

@elainedong8650 4 года назад

This person should do audiobooks! I love his voice!

@user-gi2tq8xt6g 4 года назад

Thank you! I’m beginning my witchcraft, and when starting out, it is recommended to learn of the history of witchcraft (including witch hunts) so this really helped! Blessed be ✨🔮

@homeconnect26 3 года назад

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@WitcherGerd 2 года назад

@@homeconnect26 he/she means they’re a Wiccan.

@Testimony_Of_JTF Год назад

@@WitcherGerd The Wicca "religion" is made up nonsense from the 50s, ignore it.

@Testimony_Of_JTF Год назад

Find Christ.

@tamohamajumdar8563 5 лет назад

I am from India, and it's extremely sad that witch hunts and such violence against women are still prevalent in many rural parts of the country.

@onepunchman1953 5 лет назад

I was going to comment this,btw I don't think "prevelant" is a word.

@tamohamajumdar8563 5 лет назад

@@onepunchman1953 Corrected the typo. Thanks.

@robinhyperlord9053 5 лет назад

And if they are a real Witch?

@TheDragonborn97 5 лет назад

Ironically one of the safest place and with the lower number of witch hunts was the Italian Peninsula, the centre of Christianity at the time.

@alexbellozamora3352 5 лет назад

I find even more ironic that in places like Spain, where there was an strong inquisition, witchcraft was considered a superstition. The irony reaches levels over 9000 when you compare the estimated numbers of deaths caused by the inquisition in all of his existence and the ones from the accusations of witchcraft...

@TheDragonborn97 5 лет назад

This myth of the Witchunts most came from protestant countries like England and Germany, look for example at Tomas Hopkins, a self proclaim judge during the English Civil War

@fedeonio555 3 года назад

That's because it was the common people's supersticions, not the official church itself to accuse people of witchcraft, as the video said

@organicfarm5524 3 года назад

@@TheDragonborn97 many of the German States were catholic

@TheDragonborn97 3 года назад

@@organicfarm5524 Everyone was Catholic before the arrive of Protestantism, and many more of this events happen in Protestant societies.

@rafaa7257 3 года назад

People : Are you a witch? Suspect : No I'm not People : idk that's kinda sus...

@robbob5258 4 года назад

I’m going to Innsbruck in a few months. Another piece of interesting history. I try to get to know places as well as I can.

@minnyzcat5187 5 лет назад

Stunning animation love this teded Stories

@johndemesa5196 5 лет назад

I cannot even fathom any of this

@acekaeyasmom2704 4 года назад

It's 1 am (Philippine ST) and I have classes tomorrow, but here I am binge-watching TED-Ed videos. 😆

@sherisheepsworth8432 4 года назад

Person: H- The Church: *I see you chose the devil's way*

@poweroffriendship2.0 5 лет назад

_I AM UGLY AND I'M PROUD!!!_ *~ Spongebob Squarepants, 1999*

@lenblack143 5 лет назад

There was once an ugly Barnacle, he so ugly that everyone died. The End

@dudagonzalez2339 5 лет назад

Is that what you call it? (Squidward reference)

@gilliansillustrations 5 лет назад

The Unobsured podcast does a deep dive into the Salem Massachusetts witch trials. I suggest checking that out after this awesome video.

@rectic5428 4 года назад

My teacher made me watch these for school and I was so happy when I realized it was TED-Ed

@demichamberlain2418 4 года назад

Wonderful!

@samconcklin 5 лет назад

So happy to learn about the origins of witch trials! I studied the Salem Witch Trials before, but it's cool to learn about the history worldwide.

@therealjonarbuckle4650 5 лет назад

I love your work so much, Its very interesting!

@gressovillaganas732 3 года назад

I like most the last line "but so does the capacity of reasoned dissent to combat those false beliefs". In modern time, many make fun of fake news and worse is there are innocent lives that are harmed due to being wrongly blamed or picked to be a scapegoat. I wish kindness spread more that wicked will cease to exist.

@annetyalei 4 года назад

Coming back again to see this video from Dreamcatcher's SCREAM, and this video explains it clearer! Thanks, Ted Ed!

@jeffreykwok601 5 лет назад

Hong Kong people is currently fighting against our government to say no to extradition to China. Please help our people and support them to put greater pressure to our government. We wish to write down another wonderful page of history. Sorry to my misuse of grammar because I am from HK.

@cv4809 5 лет назад

@stormsurge1 5 лет назад

There is nothing to be done, sooner or later Hong Kong will become fully integrated part of China. The only way it could turn differently is if another super power stood up to China, however starting World War 3 over one city doesn't seem worth it.

@sepehrsohrabi95 5 лет назад

how can we support you?

@AlexChangYuan 4 года назад

Just wondering why is it ok for some one to commit murder in Taiwan, then live happily in HK?

@jeffreykwok601 4 года назад

@@AlexChangYuan You don't understand what situation we are having right now and the reason why we oppose the bill. Also we suggested a new way to send murderer back to Taiwan but the government objected