The court would not compromise with anyone who claimed they were not witches, so they were hanged. Comparable to Prophet Hen of Leeds, a man named George Hey worked to try to convince people to believe in hysteria. the Salem and George Hey courts tried to get more people to fear hysteria by trying to make people believe it was real rather than trying to stop it. Kirkstall's George Hey is a prognosticator, someone who reveals something about the future, much like a fortune teller (Lewis). George traveled to Leeds to warn the people that what Mary Batemen's egg had said was true. George gave a speech saying, “I am commissioned from heaven to announce that on Whit Monday in the year 1806, the world shall be destroyed with torrents of fire” (Lewis). George is telling the people of Leeds that he was sent from heaven to warn the people that on a Christian holiday called Whit Monday, the world would end. George Hey increased the fear of mass hysteria in Leeds. Much like the men of the Salem court, especially a man named Judge Danforth. Judge Danforth adds to the hysteria because, although no one is truly a witch, he forces those convicted to confess or be hanged. “I can't hear you, what did you say? Mary repeats again in an incomprehensible way. You will confess or hang! Him