Witchcraft in Massachusetts - The Salem Witch Trials
This week - by special request from a listener - I take a deep dive into the most infamous witch hunt in United States history - the Salem Witch Trials. I talk about how the accusations started, how the hysteria spread and one of the methods used to test whether someone was bewitched - be warned; it's gross. Grab your coffee - let's do it!
Sources Used in This Episode:
- Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England by John Demos
- Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706 by George Lincoln Burr
- The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege by Marilynne K Roach
- A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials by Frances Hill
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