9. The King Who Spent His Honeymoon Hunting Witches
The year was 1589 when Scotland King James VI sailed the sea to meet and wed his bride, Anne of Denmark. The story to the witch hunting King goes that on the way back to Scotland, where the newlyweds were going to live and rule, the ship nearly sunk due to all the storms that occurred during the journey. In trying to find a meaning to all these nasty storms and his near-death experience during such a happy time, King James VI could only come up with one answer: witches.
Therefore, once King James VI and his new wife, Anne, safely got back to the land of Scotland, the King immediately began his witch hunt, which means he canceled the honeymoon. The story of a list of accused and tortured witches begins with Geillis Duncan. While she was being abused, she admitted that several witches, who she named, put a spell on the King and his new wife during their journey. In response, the King started to torture all the accused witches, and more, who were named by Geillis. Today, this event is known as the North Berwick Witch Trials.
