CLASSIC STDWYTK, Live: Real-life Covens

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

True story: Ben, Matt and Noel know 'witches.' We’re all familiar with the spooky, stereotypical witch depicted in film, fiction and folklore – a creepy crone with a pointy hat, riding a broom through the sky and cackling at the moon, often accompanied by her animal sidekick. But how accurate are these depictions? Were there ever really any covens, any infernal Black Masses and secret rituals dedicated to the powers of darkness? Join Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know as the guys explore fact, fiction and controversy around the real-life stories of witches and covens. (Spoiler, this is a live show, which means the thing they call Ben is required to stay on the rails.)

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0:00.0	Fellow conspiracy realists, we are returning to you from far away with some classic episodes that we think you will really enjoy.
0:10.7	Sometimes we'll air interviews, sometimes we'll air full episodes, and sometimes we'll be able to do something really special, like share a previous exploration.
0:20.7	We had a long time ago, Noel, we were on the road, we were going live. something really special, like share a previous exploration.
0:22.4	We had a long time ago.
0:23.9	Noel, we were on the road.
0:25.0	We were going live.
0:28.6	Once upon a time, we talked about real life covens. Oh, that's right.
0:29.4	This is a live show.
0:30.4	And we're all familiar with the spooky stereotypical witches that are depicted in films like the Vuvavavich, in fiction and folklore, et cetera.
0:37.8	But what does that look like in the real world?
0:41.4	Yeah.
0:42.3	How much sand is there to those historic descriptions of, you know,
0:47.7	pointy hats, riding brooms through the sky?
0:50.5	How much of that is Hollywood?
0:51.7	How much of that is ancient folklore?
0:53.6	How much of that, along with reporting much of that is ancient folklore? How much of that,
0:54.6	along with reporting of infernal black masses and so on, was nothing more than a hit piece?
1:00.9	This is the question we answer in this live show.
1:04.0	Special Halloween episode live from the I-Heart offices in New York City. Oh, that's where it was.
1:09.6	Yes, that's correct. So get Spooey with us.
1:12.9	Indeed. Let's roll it.
1:14.5	It takes one guy out there to say,
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