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The Supernatural on Trial

 

Tuesday 30 April 2024
The Supernatural on Trial

 The English Legal System is widely considered to be a bastion of intellectual probity, respectability and rationality, with no time for supernatural matters. However, people have always believed in strange and fantastical creatures, including witches, demons, aliens and ghosts. Their beliefs have led them to do strange and terrible things, from fraud to murder, and when they appear before the judge and jury, these motives and beliefs cannot be ignored. Instead, they must be subjected to the same harsh legal scrutiny as any other criminal or civil case.
So join criminal barrister and ghost-enthusiast
Naomi Ryan for a journey into this strange area of law in which the fortean meets the forensic, the bizarre is examined by barristers and the strange is investigated by the state, and learn about witches leaking war secrets, fairies stealing wives and ghosts solving their own murders.
A certain demon mongoose might even appear.

Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street E1 7EX
(Tubes: Liverpool Street, Aldgate, Aldgate East)
Date:
Tuesday 30th April 2024

Doors: 7.30pm
Start: 8pm
Tickets: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/616164/

Please note: cash only on the door at the Bell, if seats available;
always better to buy a ticket in advance

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