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Take the PBS Digital Studios audience survey! https://to.pbs.org/2026SurveyMONS Deep in the English countryside lurks Black Annis, a blue-faced hag said to devour children. But behind the terrifying legend lie real historical clues, a mysterious cave, and a medieval recluse named Agnes Scott. What’s the truth behind this infamous monster? ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateStoried ***** Written and Hosted by: Dr. Emily Zarka Creative Director: David Schulte Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Executive Producer: Dr. Emily Zarka Producer: Thomas Fernandes Editor/Animator: Steven Simone Illustrator: Samuel Allan Executive in Charge (PBS): Maribel Lopez Director of Programming (PBS): Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming (PBS): John Campbell Additional Footage: Shutterstock Music: APM Music Produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monstrumpbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bibliography “Black Annis.” Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology, 2013. Cobbett, William Au. History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland. Loreto Publications, 2019. Chalk, Mike. Leicestershire and Rutland Folk Tales. The History Press Limited, 2013. Hutton, Ronald. The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft. Oxford University Press, 1999. Jones, Karen, and Michael Zell. “‘The Divels Special Instruments’: Women and Witchcraft before the ‘Great Witch-Hunt.’” Social History, vol. 30, no. 1, February 2005, pp. 45–63. Mackenzie, Donald A. Myths of Crete and pre-Hellenic Europe. Gresham Publishing Company, 1917. Mulder-Bakker, Anneke B. Lives of the Anchoresses: The Rise of the Urban Recluse in Medieval Europe. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. Parish, Debra. Prophets and Witches: Witchcraft, Gender and Politics in Revolutionary England. Routledge, 2026. Phillips, Tom. “Black Annis.” Leicestershire Folk Tales for Children, The History Press Limited, 2018. Stringer, Helen M. “The ‘Secret Closet of My Soule’: The Role of the Anchoritic Impulse in Protestant Female Spirituality in Late Reformation England.” The Sixteenth Century Journal, vol. 56, no. 3, September 2025, pp. 513–33. Williams, M. A. Ireland’s Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth. Princeton University Press, 2016. Salisbury, Chris. Folk Tales of the Night: Stories for Campfires, Bedtime and Nocturnal Adventures. The History Press Limited, 2023.

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