Video Of Rory McGrath Rubbing His Hands Together Before Tying A Woman's Thumbs To Her Toes and Lowering Her Into A Swimming Pool Probably Hasn't Aged Very Well.

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 I mean, I worked a decade at the London Dungeon so I'm no judge, but I was surprised to see them just leave her there. This show was made in 2004, which somehow seems far too recent. I was surprised too to learn that self-appointed "Witchfinder General" Matthew Hopkins, portrayed here by Vincent Price, was... well, guess how old he was when he died.

 According to wikipedia, Hopkins's dates are c.1620 - 16271647, which means he was twenty-seven when he died. More "incel" than dirty old man. And he wasn't really a finder of anything either: like Amy Cooper no relation, the people of East Anglia simply set him on anyone they didn't like the look of and he'd torture confessions out of the accused in return for a healthy salary, despite the fact that all of this was in fact incredibly illegal. There was no parliamentary authority whatsoever for Hopkins' actions, but according to my go-to authority on such matters, Gemma Brockis, the Civil War meant nobody really knew what was going on which is how he got away with it. That's one theory.

Hopkins and friends (source). 

 This book was published the year of his death. Within a year of its publication witch trials would begin in New England.