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Book · 1491 · Criminal law

Malleus maleficarum

by Heinrich Institoris · Recommended by 2 people on 2 podcasts

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When the printing press was first devised, a lot of people like, oh we're going to get so much knowledge. No, a lot of the early books were like how to detect witches. Right. That's right. Malleus Maleficarum. You know, the hammer of the evildoers.
Said on · The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 2025 Listen at 1:05:49

What they say about it

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  • Discussing contents of the book“tips and tricks according to the Malleus Maleficarum”
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There's a book you give her to the Malleus Maleficarum Jesus no look that up the hammer what isn't cool it's called it's called them I believe the Malleus Maleficarum it's called the hammer of the witches.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Mar 2013
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We do have some tips and tricks according to the Malleus Maleficarum.
Ben Bowlin Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · Oct 2025
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If you check out the Malleus Maleficarum, there is a deity that will stop by every time there's a conclave of his/ her worshippers.
Ben Bowlin Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · Oct 2025
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I've got something from the Malies Malif if you want to hear it about the children and all that stuff which is like kind of applicable here.
On the show Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · Oct 2025

Why people recommend it

Malleus Maleficarum by Heinrich Institoris is a notorious fifteenth-century treatise written to support the persecution and torture of alleged witches during the Inquisition. Ben Bowlin and Matt discussed the historical text on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, referencing its bizarre tips, tricks, and purported accounts of confessions regarding supernatural pacts and selling souls to the devil. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan and his guests explored the historical impact of the printing press, noting that contrary to expectations of spreading pure knowledge, many early published works were actually manuals focused on detecting and prosecuting witches. Rogan specifically cited the book, translating its title as the hammer of the witches, while discussing the dark history of the Inquisition and the severe methods used to extract confessions during early modern European history. The podcast hosts used the text to illustrate how historical fears and religious anxieties were systematically codified into terrifying printed manuals that influenced centuries of persecution across Europe.

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Ben Bowlin We do have some tips and tricks according to the Malas Malificarum. 3
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“We do have some tips and tricks according to the Malas Malificarum.”
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“But if you check out the Malas Malifocarum, there is a deity that will stop by every time there's a conclave of his/ her worshippers.”
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“pledge their loyalty to they call him the little master in the malas malific.”
Joe Rogan there's a book you give her to the malleus Maleficarum Jesus no look that up the hammer what isn't cool it'… 1
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“there's a book you give her to the malleus Maleficarum Jesus no look that up the hammer what isn't cool it's called it's called them I believe the malleus Maleficarum it's called the hammer of the witches”
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“I've got something from the Malies Malif if you want to hear it about the children and all that stuff which is like kind of applicable here.”
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“Well, I've read that as well about the printing press. When the printing press was first devised, a lot of people like, oh we're going to get so much knowledge. No, a lot of the early books were like how to detect witches. Right. That's right. Malleus Maleficarum. You know, the the hammer of the evildoers. That was the first”

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