— News from Scotland According to the official account, James had not been convinced of Sampson's guilt prior to this last confession, but afterwards changed his mind. On 27 January 1591 the charges of witchcraft against her were drawn up with fifty three points or "articles of dittay". Agnes Sampson was taken to the scaffold on Castlehill, where she was garrotted then burnt at the stake on 28 January 1591. Edinburgh Burgh treasurer's accounts itemise the cost of Agnes Sampson's execution, giving the date as the 16 January 1591 and the cost as £6 8s 10d. Robert Bowes wrote that her execution took place on 28 January 1591. The naked ghost of a Bald Agnes, stripped and tortured after being accused of witchcraft, is said to roam Holyrood Palace. Sampson is a featured figure on Judy Chicago's installation piece "The Dinner Party", being represented as one of the 999 names on the "Heritage Floor." A play about her, "The Witch's Mark" by Timothy N. Evers, premièred at the VAULT Festival in London in 2017 before going on tour around the country. Sampson is also referenced multiple times in "Shadow of Night" by Deborah Harkness. Sampson is referenced in Traitor, the seventh episode of "", as having perfected a poison powder that is only fatal to men, after one of the warlocks claims to have invented the powder himself. Agnes Sampson also serves as the inspiration for the short horror story The Last Witch of Berwick House by T J Podger (2019).