Tony Robinson's Superstitions

Documentary

Documentary

Ghosts, witches, evil spirits, the undead - these strange beliefs have their roots in history, as presenter Tony Robinson finds in this documentary series. Robinson delves into the country's brutal past to examine gruesome practices such as the 19th-century habit of mutilating the corpses of convicted killers and parading the bodies through the streets of London. Rituals of witchcraft during the Tudor and Stuart years, dark rituals of the pagans, and paranormal forces early Britons believed caused sickness, and the magical medicines they used as cures are also topics of subsequent episodes.