04 Nov 1974
Cautio Criminalis
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The Power of the Witch: Real or Imaginary?
A rare documentary about witchcraft, shown on the BBC in the early 1970s.
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Doreen Valiente Mollie Moncrieff Eleanor Bone Alex Sanders Maxine Sanders Keith Thomas Theo Brown William Henry Paynter Edith Goode Herself - Murderer Relative
R.F.G. Pearce Daphne Reeves Barry Irons Cecil Hugh Williamson John Richards Himself - Exorcist
Christopher Neil-Smith Irene Champernowne Herself - Psychotherapist
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