In early nineteenth-century Leeds, fear was common and answers were scarce. Mary Bateman sold both.
Branded the "Yorkshire Witch", she promised cures and protection, drawing desperate families into rituals, payments, and obedience. Then a woman died - and the story turned from superstition to murder.
The Yorkshire Witch: The Mary Bateman Case is a chronological account grounded in the historical record, separating provable fact from legend while restoring the victims to the centre of the narrative. A true-crime manuscript of fraud, belief, and poison hidden in the domestic world.