Ep#20: The Last Tried Witch in Croatia: Magda Logomer & 1758 Zodiac Back

4/10/2024: On today’s episode, Valerie covers a brief history of witch trials in central Europe and the story of Magda Logomer’s life, accusation of witchcraft, torture, confession, trial, and Empress Maria Theresa’s role in her case. Amy Jo’s Zodiac Back presents the science and history of comets, including the long history and accurate prediction of Halley’s and the currently visible P12 Pons/Brooks (a.k.a. The Devil Comet, and the conspiracy theories surrounding the 4/8/2024 eclipse.

Cover Photo: The burning of a witch in Vienna, Austria in 1538 by Ullstein Bild (from Little, 2018).

1. Map of Croatia, Dalmatia, Slavonia, Bosnia, Serbia, Istria and the Republic of Ragusa in the 18th century

2. Birth Register of Magda Logomer Herucina 1689-1735 of the Križevci parish, Croatian State Archives

3. Križevci around 1755, pyrography, Križevci Town Museum

4. Execution wheel (German: Richtrad) with underlays, 18th century; on display at the Märkisches Museum, Berlin

5. Empress Maria Theresa in 1759

6. Doctor Gerard van Swieten, the personal doctor of Maria Theresa who examined Magda Logomer at her request.

7. Halley's Comet in 1066 depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry

8. Comet 1P/Halley as taken March 8, 1986 by W. Liller, Easter Island, part of the International Halley Watch (IHW) Large Scale Phenomena Network

9. Bill Haley and His Comets in 1956. Left to right: Rudy Pompilli, Billy Williamson, Al Rex, Bill Haley, Johnny Grande, Ralph Jones, and Franny Beecher

10. STS-51L crew members Michael J. Smith, front row left, Francis R. “Dick” Scobee, Ronald E. McNair; Ellison S. Onizuka, back row left, S. Christa McAuliffe, Gregory B. Jarvis, and Judith A. Resnik

11. Fred Whipple, American astronomer, in 1950, proposed the "dirty snowball" model for comet nuclei

12. Portrait of Edmond Halley (1656–1742)

Sources/Photo Sources

Magda Logomer Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kri%C5%BEevci

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magda_Logomer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fwubghHzVM

https://allthatsinteresting.com/breaking-wheel

https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/259271

https://www.krizevci.eu/en_GB/kri%C5%BEevci/personage/magda+logomer+herucina/

Magda Logomer Photo Sources:

https://www.krizevci.eu/en_GB/kri%C5%BEevci/personage/magda+logomer+herucina/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magda_Logomer#/media/File:Birth_Register_of_Magda_Logomer_Herucina.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magda_Logomer#/media/File:Kri%C5%BEevci_around_1755.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magda_Logomer#/media/File:Kaiserin_Maria_Theresia_(HRR).jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magda_Logomer#/media/File:Gerard_van_Swieten_Kaiserbild.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Croatia_%28Habsburg%29#/media/File:Zemljopisna_karta_Dalmacije,_Hrvatske,_Slovenije,_Bosne,_Srbije,_Istre_i_Dubrovacke_republike_u_18._st.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_wheel#/media/File:17XX_Richtrad_anagoria.JPG

https://www.science.smith.edu/climatelit/witch-trials/

1758 Zodiac Back Sources:

https://www.space.com/devil-comet-12p-pons-brooks-approaching-earth 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp 

https://www.space.com/volcanic-devil-comet-eruption-record-earth-close-approach

https://www.space.com/devil-comet-12p-pons-brooks-approaching-earth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12P/Pons%E2%80%93Brooks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEcat5/LE1701-1800.html#:~:text=During%20the%2018th%20century%20CE,each%20type%20over%20this%20period.&text=Total%20eclipses%20can%20be%20further,center%20of%20Earth's%20umbral%20shadow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_18th_century 

https://www.astro.com/swisseph/ae/1700/ae_1758.pdf 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/05/april-8-eclipse-totality-path-nineveh/73215252007/ :

https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/694749/view/lunar-eclipse-diagrams-18th-century

1758 Zodiac Back Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet#/media/File:Comete_Tapisserie_Bayeux.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet#/media/File:Lspn_comet_halley.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Haley_%26_His_Comets#/media/File:Bill_Haley_and_the_Comets1956.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Halley#/media/File:Edmund_Halley.jpg

https://www.nasa.gov/history/35-years-ago-remembering-challenger-and-her-crew/

https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/W/Whipple.html