Episode #74: The Last Murderess to be Burned at the Stake & the 1776 Zodiac Back

Witches being burned at the stake, color drawing, 16th century

7/30/2025: On today’s episode, Valerie tells the twisted tale of Elizabeth Broadingham and the love triangle that ended in murder. When Elizabeth’s real life became too much to bear she ran off to create a new one. Once she tasted the fruits of illicit love she couldn’t let it go, so she devised a plan and “bewitched” her reluctant lover into carrying out the dreadful deed. Next, Amy Jo’s Zodiac Back covers the 1776 outer planet placements, we touch on eclipses and Lexell’s Comet (NOT seen that year, but placing in the Top Ten Lost Comets List!), and discuss the famous USA ‘birth chart published by the infamous freemason Ebenezer Sibley, who held some questionable beliefs. We round out the episode with the Moon Moment and what we can expect in 2025. Um, August is looking alright.

‘A MAP of YORK SHIRE North from London’ by T. Badeslade / W. H. Toms c.1742

A sketch of the York Castle site in around 1730; left to right, the site of the former bailey, including the Sessions House, the County Gaol and the Jury House; Clifford's Tower, with the River Foss in front and the Ouse behind; Samuel Waud's house and gardens

In the 20th century daffodils were planted on the side of the motte. They flower annually around the anniversary of the massacre of Jews at the castle in 1190.

The view today from Clifford's Tower facing York Minster

Hurdle Sled

York's Tyburn at Knavesmire where Thomas Aikney and Elizabeth Broadingham were executed.

July 15, 1776 Eclipse Chart

Ebenezer Sibley | Creator of the Famous Sibley Chart

The Sibley Chart | July 4, 1776

Close Up of the Sibley Chart

Sibley Original Publication

Sources/Photo Sources

Intro Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_P._Bushnell

The Last Murderess to be Burned at the Stake Sources:

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

https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2022/04/04/death-by-burning-elizabeth-boardingham-1742-1776/

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

https://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/georgian/elizabeth-boardingham

https://www.communitylawfirm.com/blog/prison-slang-guide# 

https://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng449.htm

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

https://mail.murderpedia.org/female.B/b/broadingham-elizabeth.htm

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/broadingham-elizabeth-d-1776

https://www.newspapers.com/image/404114708/?match=1&terms=Broadingham

The Last Murderess to be Burned at the Stake Photo Sources:

https://www.wellandantiquemaps.co.uk/product/a-map-of-york-shire-north-from-london-by-t-badeslade-w-h-toms-c-1742/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Broadingham#/media/File:York's_Tyburn_at_Knavesmire.jpg

https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2022/04/04/death-by-burning-elizabeth-boardingham-1742-1776/ 

https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2022/04/04/death-by-burning-elizabeth-boardingham-1742-1776/ 

http://www.estherlederberg.com/EImages/Extracurricular/Dickens%20Universe/Victorian%20Hairdressing/Maccaroni/Hurdle%20sled%20drawn%20to%20be%20quartered.html 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/burning-at-the-stake 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Castle#/media/File:Cliffords_tower_york_england_small.jpg 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Castle#/media/File:York_Castle_in_1820.jpg 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Castle#/media/File:Clifford's_Tower_(5558502612).jpg

1776 Zodiac Back Sources:

https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1976JHA.....7...75B#:~:text=4%20In%20May%201776%20Herschel,improvements%20were%20continually%20in%20hand

https://ericfdiaz.wordpress.com/sir-william-herschel-1738-1822/ 

https://mooncalendar.astro-seek.com/solar-and-lunar-eclipses-1775

https://worldastrologyreport.substack.com/p/before-the-revolution?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share

https://wdet.org/2021/08/19/what-astrology-says-about-the-future-of-the-united-states/ https://www.astro.com/cgi/chart.cgi?wgid=wgeJxtTr0KgzAYfJpCC19LkkZDDRk6FTqIIOL8ScSEJlFqROzTN9K1yx3cD3erfVnF5OAVUhm0KjHaMRQHRpr6nrAcLxSgBw4CqBB5goIS8CJbEw3ogEBlrEPdu8lYhGpvHZv6BL_I9RYyAQtQznI4M54RAkSi7gL6_v_c7mqMveJJeS5uS7Rvyy5uUzrro1EYPtLMm2rle1ZUjtEr2j6-dYo7eg 

https://www.astrotheme.com/astrology/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence 

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

https://theastrologypodcast.com/2020/04/28/what-is-the-birth-chart-of-the-united-states/ 

http://cura.free.fr/xxv/22sibly.html

https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/calculate-birth-chart-horoscope-online/?narozeni_den=15&narozeni_mesic=7&narozeni_rok=1776&narozeni_hodina=15&narozeni_minuta=39&narozeni_mesto_hidden=Unknown%20place&narozeni_stat_hidden=XX&narozeni_podstat_kratky_hidden=&narozeni_city=&narozeni_sirka_stupne=0&narozeni_sirka_minuty=0&narozeni_sirka_smer=0&narozeni_delka_stupne=0&narozeni_delka_minuty=0&narozeni_delka_smer=0&narozeni_timezone_form=auto&narozeni_timezone_dst_form=auto&house_system=placidus&hid_fortune=&hid_fortune_check=on&hid_vertex=&hid_vertex_check=on&hid_chiron=&hid_chiron_check=on&hid_lilith=&hid_lilith_check=on&hid_uzel=&hid_uzel_check=on&&nick=Partial%20Solar%20Eclipse

https://mooncalendar.astro-seek.com/total-lunar-eclipse-aquarius-full-moon-day-31-july-1776

https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/horoscope-chart4def-700__radix_15-7-1776_15-39.png?fortune_asp=1&vertex_asp=1&chiron_asp=1&lilith_asp=1&uzel_asp=1&dum_1_new=259.69&dum_10_new=167.8&no_domy=&dum_1=259.69&dum_2=287.334&dum_3=316.32&dum_4=347.8&dum_5=20.35&dum_6=51.22&&p_slunce=113.55&p_luna=113.667&p_merkur=107.7&p_venuse=106.268&p_mars=88.64&p_jupiter=98.34&p_saturn=195.218&p_uran=69.44&p_neptun=172.63&p_pluto=297.3&p_uzel=127.02&p_lilith=170.667&p_chiron=20.26&p_fortune=259.8&p_spirit=259.586&&p_vertex=0&r_merkur=ANO&r_pluto=ANO&r_uzel=ANO&tolerance=&tolerance_paral=0&nocache=15&&domy_cisla=0&barva_planet=0&barva_stupne=0&barva_pozadi=0&barva_domy=1&barva_vzduch=1&gif=1

https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/-1799--1700/SE-1776Nov30Tprime.html#:~:text=All%20eclipses%20in%20this%20series,eclipse%20on%20%2D1776%20Dec%2015. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna46781354

https://listverse.com/2019/01/21/10-comets-that-have-gone-missing/ https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1999JBAA..109...78H 

https://planetwaves.net/news/daily-astrology/the-sibley-chart-astrology/

https://www.astrology.co.uk/news/USA.htm

https://www.lynnhayes.com/the-real-astrology-chart-for-the-usa/ 

1776 Zodiac Back Photo Sources:

July 15 1776 Ecliipse chart

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ebenezer_Sibly%2C_the_British_astrologer._Wellcome_L0013162.jpg/500px-Ebenezer_Sibly%2C_the_British_astrologer._Wellcome_L0013162.jpg 

https://www.astro.com/tmpd/castro_2anz_e/astro_2anz__nation_usa_no1_hw.5187.3892080.png

https://images.app.goo.gl/feToDvzcajZ1DGgk7

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