Anna Goeldi

  • Anna Goeldi, a woman who was beheaded in 1782 for allegedly practicing witchcraft and poisoning a child, was exonerated by the government of Glarus, Switzerland on August 27, 2008. Goeldi, who was the last witch executed in Europe, was a servant for the family of Johann Jakob Tschudi, a magistrate and prominent citizen of Glarus. Goeldi was convicted of "bewitching" the family's child, who suffered from fits.SwissInfo.ch: Anna Göldi, "The Last Witch in Europe", Is Cleared in Glarus (August 27, 2008)

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