Ancient Mysteries - Season 4 - Eps 5: Witches
Known varyingly as a sorceress, an enchantress, and a devil's consort, the witch has haunted the human consciousness and captured the imagination for thousands of years. While a general fear of witches seems to be woven deep within the human psyche, witchcraft and magic have been interpreted in different ways by different cultures throughout the ages. Some cultures and religions have deemed the practitioners of witchcraft to be evil, while others harness a more positive perspective on the power of the witch. What exactly are these controversial and mysterious powers? Why were witches hunted down so mercilessly during the European witch trials of the Middle Ages? And what were the actual motivations behind the famous seventeenth-century witch hunt in Salem, Massachusetts? Join Ancient Mysteries® on a quest to find answers to these and many other questions that lay buried deep within the ancient past.
About Ancient Mysteries
Title: Ancient Mysteries
First Air Date: 1994-01-07
Last Air Date: 1998-08-17
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.8/10 (from 7 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 94
Network: A&E
Genres: Documentary, Mystery
Production Companies: FilmRoos Productions, Greystone Communications
Synopsis
Ancient Mysteries is a television series that was produced by FilmRoos and originally broadcast on A&E between 7 January 1994 and 3 May 1998 with reruns airing until 2000. Reruns were also re-broadcast on The Biography Channel during the 2000s. The series deals with historical mysteries and is mostly hosted by Leonard Nimoy, which recalls the late-1970s TV Series In Search Of.... As of June 2013, some episodes of this series were available on Netflix instant streaming.
Cast
Leonard Nimoy
Narrator
