Daily Brief · 11 November 2026

The Cage of St Osyth: What do the records actually say?

Amy’s Crypt revisits an Essex ghost story. The surviving records take us back to the prosecution of Ursula Kemp in 1582.

Photograph of the title page of a 1582 pamphlet about the St Osyth witch trials

Investigation spotlight · Documentary released 31 October

Archive document · 1582 pamphlet

The Cage of St Osyth: What do the records actually say?

Amy’s Crypt revisits an Essex ghost story. The surviving records take us back to the prosecution of Ursula Kemp in 1582.

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