Burned at the Stake: The True Witch Trials More Terrifying Than Salem

By Julie Riley

The truth was buried in ash. Now it rises in flame.

Thousands were accused. Most were women. Nearly all were innocent.

They were midwives, herbalists, widows, outcasts - and they were tortured, humiliated, and burned alive across Europe and the British Isles. Burned at the Stake rips open the real history behind the witch trials that textbooks and Hollywood refuse to show. This is not Salem. This is worse.

From the icy executions of Iceland to the mass purges in Bamberg, from the secret files of the Inquisition to the silent graveyards of Ireland and Poland - this book uncovers shocking and fully documented cases that have been hidden, ignored, or deliberately erased.

Each chapter takes you deeper into the machinery of the witch hunts. You will read the exact methods used to extract confessions, how the Church and state profited from execution, and how entire families were wiped out - often with no trial at all. You'll learn how witchcraft was weaponized as a political tool, how women's knowledge was criminalized, and how the legacy of fear shaped Europe's laws, medicine, and culture for centuries.

These are real people. Real court records. Real screams.

Painstakingly researched and written in a haunting, human voice, Burned at the Stake is not just a book - it is a memorial. A reckoning. A refusal to let history silence those it destroyed.

If you thought you knew what happened during the witch trials, you were only told a fraction of the truth. The rest is here.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FJSDKN6D
• ISBN13: 9798293909346
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"