Betty, a middle aged woman, had been plagued with severe depression for a long time, and she had become an irritant to her husband and son. She is on several pain killers which do very little to help. She is very unpredictable, staying in her night clothes all day, but showing up at the dinner table in makeup and nicely dressed. Her doctor, realizing he can"t help her, suggested she see a psychiatrist. Reluctantly she agreed. The psychiatrist realised immediately he could not help her either and suggested she see a hypnotist. Maybe there is something in her past that would shed some light on her condition; she was bothered by her grandmother"s name which was "Whicher." The professional hypnotist suggested that, under hypnosis, he take her back in time to investigate this name "Whicher." Though hypnosis she came forward with many strange stories. He took her as far back as the 1700s and that found a woman named Whicher had been burned on a stake for supposedly being a witch. As she was burning she put a curse on all generations of Whicher"s. The doctor realized that Betty had been infected by this curse; he believed that once she recognized this state she could overcome the depression, end the curse and live a normal life. What had Betty divulged in her trips into the past was amazing. Could the curse of the "witches" gene" be stopped at Betty?