Walk up from the Quayside, past Newcastle Keep, and around a side street to the rear of St. Nicholas Cathedral, and come face to face with a terrifying creature of unknown origin – The Vampire Rabbit!

In August 1650, forty years before the infamous Salem Witch Trials, Newcastle hosted one of the most shocking mass public executions of those accused of witchcraft.  And while the vast majority of those accused, imprisoned or executed for witchcraft were women, that April day also saw a lone male hung for the charge.