Carla Valentine

Carla Valentine Instagram – The Halloween/Carlaween countdown continues with a “Witch” 🧙 This is the skeleton of Joan Wytte as it was displayed in the Museum of Witchcraft in 1998 (The museum is in Boscastle, Cornwall, UK – @museum_of_witchcraft_and_magic). She was born in 1775 and died in 1813 of pneumonia while incarcerated in Bodmin Jail for assault – she was an accused witch but her death came before she could be tried for it. Then her remains were kept as an oddity and eventually displayed in the Museum of Witchcraft which was founded around the 1950s. However, in 1998 the museum’s curator, Graham King, decided to give her a proper burial once an analysis of the bones had been carried out by a professional. Her headstone reads: “Joan Wytte, Born 1775, Died 1813 In Bodmin Gaol, Buried 1998 No Longer Abused” I was near this part of Cornwall in September 2021 and really wanted to go to this museum on my birthday, but the whole petrol situation had us stuck within a few miles of our cottage in Mithian near St Agnes. Next time!!!
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#boscastle #fridayfright #halloweencountdown #halloween #halloweentheme | Posted on 21/Oct/2023 06:55:25