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Jan 2025
37m 13s

Is the Devil Dead?

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(2/2) What does the resurrection of a hanged woman have to do with the Devil? Did the Enlightenment kill Old Nick or is he still a part of our world today? Maddy and Anthony continue their exploration of the rise and fall of Lucifer with Dr Mikki Brock, author of Satan and the Scots, c.1560-1700: The Devil in Post-Reformation Scotland.


Edited and produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.


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