Apr 22, 2021
6 min read
The Horrifying Profession of Christian Caldwell
She disguised herself as a man, to hunt and torture other women.
Little is known of Christian Caldwell, until her appearance as a contractor to the county of Moray (then known as Elginshire) in Scotland in March of 1662, under the alias John Dickson. She’d signed a contract with the county for a year, to be paid six shillings a day to hunt out local witches, with a six pound bonus…
