Podcast appearances and mentions of Giles Corey

In this episode of Crime Time, Inc., we delve into the infamous Salem witch trials that gripped Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. The episode explores the sociopolitical and religious context that laid the groundwork for mass hysteria and wrongful accusations of witchcraft. We begin with strange fits and visions experienced by young girls, leading to over 200 accusations and 20 executions. Key figures like Bridget Bishop, Rebecca Nurse, George Burroughs, and Tituba are discussed to illustrate how social biases, religious fervor, and legal practices contributed to the tragic events. The episode scrutinizes the role of 'spectral evidence'—testimonies based on dreams and visions—in the trials, making it almost impossible for the accused to defend themselves. We also hear about the devastating human cost, including the cases of Giles Corey, who was crushed to death, and Sarah Good, who gave birth in prison. Notably, we touch on the voices of dissent, such as Reverend John Hale and Thomas Brattle, who challenged the legitimacy of the trials. The episode concludes by questioning the broader implications, legal frameworks of the time, and long-lasting lessons. Tune in next time as we explore the enduring impact on the lives forever altered by this dark chapter in history.00:00 Introduction to the Salem Witch Trials00:22 The Spark: Bewitched Girls and Initial Accusations01:22 Profiles of the Accused: Bridget Bishop and Rebecca Nurse02:07 The Role of Spectral Evidence03:38 Religious Tensions and the Case of George Burroughs04:30 Tituba's Confession and the Cycle of Accusations05:31 Patterns Among the Accused and the Accusers08:59 The Legal System and Its Flaws11:06 Alternative Explanations: The Ergot Theory13:13 The Human Cost: Stories of Suffering and Defiance15:16 Voices of Reason: Questioning the Trials17:33 The Legacy and Lessons of the Salem Witch Trials23:40 Conclusion and Upcoming Episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the winter of 1692, the village of Salem, Massachusetts found itself embroiled in a vicious witch hunt. A total of 185 people would ultimately be accused of witchcraft, resulting in the deaths of 14 women and 5 men. To commemorate the 333 anniversary of the Salem Witch Trials, Scary Stories for the Soul is releasing one episode a week in the month of February, following 10 of the accused. This week will be focusing on Martha and Giles Corey. Resources used are Wikipedia, “Martha Corey -Salem Witch Trials in History & Literature” by Jillian Smith and Eliza Pollack, “Giles Corey -Salem Witch Trials in History & Literature” by Heather Snyder, Encyclopedia Brittanica, “Salem Possessed” by Paul Boyer & Stephan Nissenbaum, “In the Devils Snare” by Mary Beth Norton, records from the Court of Oyer & Terminer,

HOUR ONE: “The devil made me do it.” It's an excuse that has been used so often by so many that it has lost its meaning, and its effectiveness. So only a fool or a madman would commit a horrible act and then try to blame it on the devil or a demon… unless, of course, that person truly believes that is exactly what happened to them. (A Demon Made Me Do It) *** The little Norwegian village of Bærum Verk still stands as an old foundry settlement, and is an active place, both as a place to work, and as a place to live – and as a place to keep living even after you're dead. (The Most Haunted Village in Norway) *** There are more than a few stories from upright citizens around the world who claim to have seen tiny humans. I'm not talking about the diminutive human beings we used to classify as dwarves or midgets until we became more enlightened. I'm talking about short, maybe two-foot tall, perfectly proportioned people. (Big Stories About Little People)==========HOUR TWO: Like many desolate places, the Arctic has its share of ghost stories and haunted legends floating around the frigid, wild areas of its domain. It might be the frights rather than the cold that gives you goosebumps. (Ghostly Shivers of the Arctic Circle) *** You never know what might be lurking just out of sight – in the shadows, behind a door. I'll share a few true stories that might make you double-check the locks at night and check the closet before going to bed. (Never Trust The Dark) *** When you think of the Salem Witch Trials, you typically think of women being burned at the stake, innocently accused of witchcraft. There are two incorrect assumption about that mental picture. First, most of the accused were hung, and none have been truly verified to be burned alive. And second, sorcery and Satan worship were not seen to be bound by gender, and so either a man, woman, boy, or girl could be a witch. And one of those unfortunate men was Giles Corey – but his punishment went beyond the norm, and into the gruesome. (The Most Dreadful Execution of The Salem Witch Trials)==========SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: When John and Eva were married they told their relatives that they planned to honeymoon on the Atlantic coast, but John had another plan, and it would not be his last deception. But it would be the first act in what ended up being a mystery that has still gone unsolved to this day. (The Lawrenceburg Shanty-Boat Mystery) *** Weirdo family member James Pierce brings a true story that he calls, “It Came Through the Screen Door”. *** A 5-year-old boy having the time of his life at a carnival suddenly goes missing – and when found later there is no evidence whatsoever as to how he got where he was, who took him there, or what happened to him before he was found. (The Disturbing Case of Little Stephen McKerron) *** Weirdo family member Joy Cruz remembers something her mother told her as a child… and it quite possibly saved her soul. (I've Seen The Devil)==========SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT'S SHOW:“The Genesis of Geraldine” by David Jeremiah for Light Source: https://tinyurl.com/y7t7nuwx“A Demon Made Me Do It” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/y2qedyjq, and Orrin Grey for The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/yb8e6z25“The Most Haunted Village in Norway” from Moon Mausoleum: https://tinyurl.com/ya8nuxur“The Lawrenceburg Shanty-Boat Mystery” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://tinyurl.com/yyod3q3j“Big Stories About Little People” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/ycql47wq“It Came Through the Screen Door” by Weirdo family member James Pierce“Ghostly Shivers of the Arctic Circle” by Jodi Smith for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/yc9ymjyx“The Most Dreadful Execution of The Salem Witch Trials” from Sometimes Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/y979qn8e, and Evan Corey for History: https://tinyurl.com/y7qt45kx“I've Seen The Devil” by Joy Cruz for Weird Darkness: https://WeirdDarkness.com/submit“The Disturbing Case of Little Stephen McKerron” from Strange Company: https://tinyurl.com/ydf4w6ce“Never Trust the Dark” from The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/y7bgdq5z==========Join the Weird Darkness Syndicate: https://weirddarkness.com//syndicateWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. 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https://www.patreon.com/Witch_HuntThis episode tells the story of Martha Corey, the fourth person accused of witchcraft. She was the wife of Giles Corey who is famously known for being crushed under a door while asking for “more weight”. The accusations against Martha marked the beginning of a dramatic escalation of the hysteria. The first three women accused of witchcraft in the Essex County hysteria of 1692 were on the very bottom of the social hierarchy and essentially “the usual suspects”. Martha Corey however was higher up the ladder, as she was a full member of the church who made it a point to let everyone know of her piousness and faith. However, she also had a well-known past of controversy, having given birth to a mixed race child who she had to raise at a boarding house for ten years. Martha proved to be defiant towards her interrogation and stood her ground, despite knowing that the odds were stacked against her. Her husband Giles turned on her and submitted a statement to the court saying he suspected her of witchcraft. Many portions of this episode including all of the dialog are taken directly from the original written statements and court transcriptions of the time. Special thanks to Rachel Koppelman for voices of Martha Corey, Abigail Williams, Bethsaa Pope, and others. All music written, arranged, and recorded by Brian O'Connell except “Psalm 39, Martyr's Tune" adapted from the Bay Psalm Book, 1698.Episode 6 Parts:  Part I - Gospel WomenPart II - “Psalm 39, Martyr's Tune"Part III - The Boston Jail & Martha's StoryPart IV - A visit to the accusedPart V - Disruptions at servicePart VI - The examination of Martha CoreyPart VII – Statement of Giles CoreyBrian O'Connell - narration, acoustic 12-string guitar, electric upright bass, recorder, glockenspielRachel Koppelman - narration Recorded at Studio Vinniechops https://www.patreon.com/Witch_Hunt Sources “The Salem Witch Trials – A Day-By-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege” by Marilynne K. Roach, Taylor Trade Publishing, 2002 University of Virginia Salem Witch Trial Documentary Archive and Transcription Project - https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/home.html Support the show

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Keith sits down with Dan Barrett to discuss Lacanian psychoanalysis, hypnotism, early musical influences, the creative process, joining In Pieces as vocalist, the release of their 2004 LP "Lions Write History" and the beginning of Have a Nice Life. We also discuss the unique history of Have a Nice Life, the band's early days, the "Deathconsciousness" LP, the making of the record and it's initial DIY run, how the band's legend grew over time, how Dan's personal experience with death has influenced his music, Giles Corey, some of the band's history, the making of the "Deconstructionist" LP which has induced a trance state in some listeners, what's next for Dan's bands and more.

After no one asked, Blair and Carley look deeper at the lineup of men executed in the Salem witch trials.Also, if you ever thought “I wish they wouldn't sing so many musical theater songs,” never before has a Monkey's Paw curled so hard.Plus: Charli XCX, The 1975, ruining your Spotify Wrapped, addiction, "edgy" podcasts, music for Targets, old problematic bands, why we'd never date Taylor Swift, Naomi Klein's book “Doppelganger”, sponsors we want, trying Yorkie bars on-air for some reason, being sick of John Proctor, Giles Corey's descendants, mesothelioma, asbestos as a treat, Gradey Dick, insurrection sitcoms, tricking ghosts, Neil Cicierega's remix of the “Ghostbusters” theme (VERY IMPORTANT), the meaning behind Taylor Swift's new album title, whether sex positivity denotes work ethic, the thing that makes us feel good, ghost sex fanfiction and logistics, Samuel Wardell, a Rhys cameo, inappropriate children's choirs, retracting our approval for George Burroughs, George Jacobs Sr, deputy constable John Willard, and at least one legit theory of what was going on with the accusers.Hosted by: Blair MacMillan and Carley ThorneProduced by: Rob ModenMusic by: Jacob OllivierCover artist: Nicola Lyttlev1.01Have suggestions or feedback? Email us at girlhistorians@gmail.comFor business inquiries email us at uncarley@zigguratxyz.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here's a fun walk through the annals of history. We discuss the events leading to and following the death of Giles Corey during the Salem Witch trials.

Giles Corey's torturous death was a particularly dark chapter in a vary dark tale. With the help of our guest, Rachel Christ-Doane, director of education at the Salem Witch Museum, we dive into Corey's horrific story, and explore the escalation of fear during the crisis. Learn more about the Salem Witch Museum __ Join us on Facebook, Twitter. and TikTok Learn about Greg Houle's forthcoming book, The Putnams of Salem: A Novel of Power and Betrayal During the Salem Witch Trials

HOUR ONE: Like many desolate places, the Arctic has its share of ghost stories and haunted legends floating around the frigid, wild areas of its domain. It might be the frights rather than the cold that gives you goosebumps. (Ghostly Shivers of the Arctic Circle) *** You never know what might be lurking just out of sight – in the shadows, behind a door. I'll share a few true stories that might make you double-check the locks at night and check the closet before going to bed. (Never Trust The Dark) *** When you think of the Salem Witch Trials, you typically think of women being burned at the stake, innocently accused of witchcraft. There are two incorrect assumption about that mental picture. First, most of the accused were hung, and none have been truly verified to be burned alive. And second, sorcery and Satan worship were not seen to be bound by gender, and so either a man, woman, boy, or girl could be a witch. And one of those unfortunate men was Giles Corey – but his punishment went beyond the norm, and into the gruesome. (The Most Dreadful Execution of The Salem Witch Trials)==========HOUR TWO: “The devil made me do it.” It's an excuse that has been used so often by so many that it has lost its meaning, and its effectiveness. So only a fool or a madman would commit a horrible act and then try to blame it on the devil or a demon… unless, of course, that person truly believes that is exactly what happened to them. (A Demon Made Me Do It) *** The little Norwegian village of Bærum Verk still stands as an old foundry settlement, and is an active place, both as a place to work, and as a place to live – and as a place to keep living even after you're dead. (The Most Haunted Village in Norway) *** There are more than a few stories from upright citizens around the world who claim to have seen tiny humans. I'm not talking about the diminutive human beings we used to classify as dwarves or midgets until we became more enlightened. I'm talking about short, maybe two-foot tall, perfectly proportioned people. (Big Stories About Little People)==========SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: When John and Eva were married they told their relatives that they planned to honeymoon on the Atlantic coast, but John had another plan, and it would not be his last deception. But it would be the first act in what ended up being a mystery that has still gone unsolved to this day. (The Lawrenceburg Shanty-Boat Mystery) *** Weirdo family member James Pierce brings a true story that he calls, “It Came Through the Screen Door”. *** A 5-year-old boy having the time of his life at a carnival suddenly goes missing – and when found later there is no evidence whatsoever as to how he got where he was, who took him there, or what happened to him before he was found. (The Disturbing Case of Little Stephen McKerron) *** Weirdo family member Joy Cruz remembers something her mother told her as a child… and it quite possibly saved her soul. (I've Seen The Devil)==========SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT'S SHOW:“The Genesis of Geraldine” by David Jeremiah for Light Source: https://tinyurl.com/y7t7nuwx“A Demon Made Me Do It” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/y2qedyjq, and Orrin Grey for The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/yb8e6z25“The Most Haunted Village in Norway” from Moon Mausoleum: https://tinyurl.com/ya8nuxur“The Lawrenceburg Shanty-Boat Mystery” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://tinyurl.com/yyod3q3j“Big Stories About Little People” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/ycql47wq“It Came Through the Screen Door” by Weirdo family member James Pierce“Ghostly Shivers of the Arctic Circle” by Jodi Smith for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/yc9ymjyx“The Most Dreadful Execution of The Salem Witch Trials” from Sometimes Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/y979qn8e, and Evan Corey for History: https://tinyurl.com/y7qt45kx“I've Seen The Devil” by Joy Cruz for Weird Darkness: https://WeirdDarkness.com/submit“The Disturbing Case of Little Stephen McKerron” from Strange Company: https://tinyurl.com/ydf4w6ce“Never Trust the Dark” from The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/y7bgdq5z==========Join the Weird Darkness Syndicate: https://weirddarkness.com//syndicateWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. 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SHOW NOTES: S3-E48  The BIZARRE GILES COREY CURSE!!! A spell cast from the Salem Witch Trials!! In this new episode we look into a well-known curse with its roots in the Salem Witch Trials. Giles Corey was accused of witchcraft and crushed to death by the sheriff of Salem. With his dying words he cursed the sheriff and the town. Many believe the curse was real, and resulted in 300 years of ailing sheriffs and a great fire that destroyed much of Salem. Was it real? Join us to hear all about this historic curse and decide what you believe! And, of course, you'll also get the answer to this week's quiz from our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ParanormalFactorPodcast       RESOURCES: ·  The Crushing of Giles Corey - Salem Witch Trials History (Wandering Crystal): YouTube Video   ·  The Curse of Giles Corey (Megan Best): YouTube Video   ·  Did an Accused Witch Curse Salem for 300 Years? (History Channel): YouTube Video      MUSIC: Our Intro Song: Knockers by Cinco Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/cinco/knockers License code: WOV5PUB9XXLYRORN   Our Outro Song: Lost Places Music by Julius H from Pixabay   Rebirth by AK on Music from Uppbeat Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ak/rebirth License code: SIML2BOTYV7GMHDK   Blank Light by Adi Goldstein on Music from Uppbeat Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/adi-goldstein/blank-light License code: KWRSKNEKZXTN6RZX   Drum Roll by Chris Wyman   SPECIAL EFFECTS: Scary-horn-7090 Night-woods-7012 Angry-mob-loop-6847 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-wright15/message

PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK in your social media so others who loves strange and macabre stories can listen too:https://weirddarkness.com/weekend-of-november-18-19-2023-weirddarknessradio/==========HOUR ONE: “The devil made me do it.” It's an excuse that has been used so often by so many that it has lost its meaning, and its effectiveness. So only a fool or a madman would commit a horrible act and then try to blame it on the devil or a demon… unless, of course, that person truly believes that is exactly what happened to them. (A Demon Made Me Do It) *** The little Norwegian village of Bærum Verk still stands as an old foundry settlement, and is an active place, both as a place to work, and as a place to live – and as a place to keep living even after you're dead. (The Most Haunted Village in Norway) *** There are more than a few stories from upright citizens around the world who claim to have seen tiny humans. I'm not talking about the diminutive human beings we used to classify as dwarves or midgets until we became more enlightened. I'm talking about short, maybe two-foot tall, perfectly proportioned people. (Big Stories About Little People)==========HOUR TWO: Like many desolate places, the Arctic has its share of ghost stories and haunted legends floating around the frigid, wild areas of its domain. It might be the frights rather than the cold that gives you goosebumps. (Ghostly Shivers of the Arctic Circle) *** You never know what might be lurking just out of sight – in the shadows, behind a door. I'll share a few true stories that might make you double-check the locks at night and check the closet before going to bed. (Never Trust The Dark) *** When you think of the Salem Witch Trials, you typically think of women being burned at the stake, innocently accused of witchcraft. There are two incorrect assumption about that mental picture. First, most of the accused were hung, and none have been truly verified to be burned alive. And second, sorcery and Satan worship were not seen to be bound by gender, and so either a man, woman, boy, or girl could be a witch. And one of those unfortunate men was Giles Corey – but his punishment went beyond the norm, and into the gruesome. (The Most Dreadful Execution of The Salem Witch Trials)==========SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: When John and Eva were married they told their relatives that they planned to honeymoon on the Atlantic coast, but John had another plan, and it would not be his last deception. But it would be the first act in what ended up being a mystery that has still gone unsolved to this day. (The Lawrenceburg Shanty-Boat Mystery) *** Weirdo family member James Pierce brings a true story that he calls, “It Came Through the Screen Door”. *** A 5-year-old boy having the time of his life at a carnival suddenly goes missing – and when found later there is no evidence whatsoever as to how he got where he was, who took him there, or what happened to him before he was found. (The Disturbing Case of Little Stephen McKerron) *** Weirdo family member Joy Cruz remembers something her mother told her as a child… and it quite possibly saved her soul. (I've Seen The Devil)==========SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT'S SHOW:“The Genesis of Geraldine” by David Jeremiah for Light Source: https://tinyurl.com/y7t7nuwx“A Demon Made Me Do It” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/y2qedyjq, and Orrin Grey for The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/yb8e6z25“The Most Haunted Village in Norway” from Moon Mausoleum: https://tinyurl.com/ya8nuxur“The Lawrenceburg Shanty-Boat Mystery” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://tinyurl.com/yyod3q3j“Big Stories About Little People” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/ycql47wq“It Came Through the Screen Door” by Weirdo family member James Pierce“Ghostly Shivers of the Arctic Circle” by Jodi Smith for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/yc9ymjyx“The Most Dreadful Execution of The Salem Witch Trials” from Sometimes Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/y979qn8e, and Evan Corey for History: https://tinyurl.com/y7qt45kx“I've Seen The Devil” by Joy Cruz for Weird Darkness: https://WeirdDarkness.com/submit“The Disturbing Case of Little Stephen McKerron” from Strange Company: https://tinyurl.com/ydf4w6ce“Never Trust the Dark” from The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/y7bgdq5z==========Join the Weird Darkness Syndicate: https://weirddarkness.com//syndicateWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. 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I den fjärde och avslutande delen om häxprocesserna i Salem går grabbarna igenom de löjliga bevisen som gjorde att 19 personer blev avrättade, om hur Giles Corey vägrade erkänna och blev pressad till döds och mycket mer.    Huvudsaklig information kommer från böckerna och A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience (Pivotal Moments in American History) av Emerson Baker samt The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege av Marilynne Roach   Missa Inte EXTRAVSNITT på PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/oknytt Följ Oknytt på sociala medier!  Insta: @oknyttpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Oknyttpod  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@oknyttpod Har du en berättelse du vill att vi ska ta upp? Maila den till: oknyttpod@gmail.com

Happy Halloween! Donna tells us the curse of Giles Corey and the Salem Witch trials. While his death is famous, his curse is less well known. Donna and I disagree on whether he got his comeuppance or not. 

#timetravel #magetheawakening #werewolfbynight Guess who's back! Carrying the still living Giles Corey into ridiculous amounts of danger the Fools confront the Prince of Leaves and a pack of bunnies! With Trevor as Parallax who knows how long they have left Caity as Han-nah who has a suitably Foolish Wisdom Ismail as Hunts the Storm who takes the Key Victoria as Ethyl who follows her friends into hell and Charlotte as Mona who just wants a nap! Storytelling by Rudy Hunts-the-Storm Theme Composed by Psnayl Play the game! Buy the rules here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/181754/Mage-the-Awakening-2nd-Edition?affiliate_id=3139789 Link to a discord where we have cats and magic! https://discord.gg/D8XMTu9TSV --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wards-and-witchcraft/support

Modern churches, by and large, have been subverted — we all know this. Is the subversion of the churches an argument against Christianity? Of course not. The Church fought for decades against the very sort of infiltration and subversion that is, today, destroying our churches before our very eyes. Further, the Christian faith is the foundation of the West — the West is Christendom and Christendom is the West. Without a restoration of the Christian faith, there will be no revival in the West. As Christians, we must know both where the battle is joined and how we are to fight. In today's episode, we are joined by an editor from Antelope Hill Publishing to review the book The Sword of Christ by Giles Corey and discuss the issues raised in the book (and maybe a tangent or two). Subscribe to the podcast here. Guest TaylorEditor at Antelope Hill Publishing Show Notes The Sword of Christ by Giles Corey Save 10% at checkout with discount code “stonechoir102023” Further Reading The Magdeburg Confession Parental Warnings This episode contains some discussion of human sacrifice and sex crimes and passing mention of pornography. The book itself contains a number of chapters that are unsuitable for younger readers (but they are not the target audience, anyway). Disclosure Although we did receive free review copies of the book, we have not been compensated in any other way (nor are we compensated if you purchase the book via the links on this page).

On this day in legal history, September 22, 1692, eight people were executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts during the so-called “Salem Witch Trials.”The Salem Witch Trials were a series of witchcraft cases brought before local magistrates in a settlement called Salem, which was a part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century. The trials took place between February 1692 and May 1693 and are one of the most notorious episodes in early American history. It all began when a group of young girls claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. As mass hysteria spread through the community, a special court convened in Salem to hear the cases.The first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged in June 1692. As the trials proceeded, accusations spread to individuals from surrounding villages. At the height of the witch hunt, more than 150 people were found guilty and 19 were hanged. Another man, Giles Corey, was pressed to death with large stones for refusing to enter a plea. Many others languished in jail for months without trials until the hysteria that swept through Puritan Massachusetts subsided.The Salem Witch Trials have long fascinated historians and psychologists as a cautionary tale about the dangers of isolationism, religious extremism, false accusations, and lapses in due process. It wasn't until 1711 that the colony passed a bill to exonerate the accused and provide financial restitution to their heirs. However, the damage had been done, and the events in Salem have since become synonymous with paranoia and injustice, serving as a vivid cautionary tale for more than three centuries.In a highly unusual move, U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten removed a white juror from a tax trial involving wealthy developer Jack Fisher, citing the juror's "racist behavior." Fisher is accused of arranging $1.3 billion in fraudulent tax deductions through syndicated conservation easements. The juror, known as Juror 26, had told the judge that she was "standing up for White people," leading to her removal and replacement with an alternate juror. The defense has indicated that they will appeal if Fisher is convicted, citing the rare step of juror replacement during deliberations.The trial has been fraught with racial tensions and discord among jurors. Judge Batten had to warn jurors against using profanity with each other and interviewed several members of the predominantly Black jury about their disagreements. Juror 26 had falsely accused another juror, a Black man, of saying the defendants should be jailed "because they are rich, White and entitled."Prosecutors had urged for the removal of Juror 26 due to her comments, lying to the judge, and refusal to deliberate. Defense lawyers argued that her statements were misconstrued and that she had resumed deliberations. Batten eventually decided to remove her, stating that he could not in good conscience allow her to continue on the jury.Fisher's lawyers have filed a motion requesting the removal of five other jurors or a declaration of a mistrial, which the judge has denied. The trial is set to resume with an alternate juror, and the jury will return on Friday after failing to reach a verdict.White Juror Tossed at Trial as Judge Cites ‘Racist Behavior' (1)Pharmaceutical companies like Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Novartis AG are gearing up to negotiate drug prices with Medicare in compliance with the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act. Companies have until October 1 to agree to enter these negotiations. Those who refuse will face a starting tax of 65% on the U.S. sales of the product in question, with the tax rate increasing by 10% each quarter up to a maximum of 95%. The Internal Revenue Service is yet to issue a proposed rule on how this tax will be reported and paid.Pharmaceutical companies argue that this tax violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines. However, they are not waiting for further guidance from the Biden administration, as the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the tax could exceed a manufacturer's profits when combined with corporate income taxes. The primary focus for manufacturers is to collect data for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services by October 2, which will help in determining each drug's maximum fair price.The Congressional Budget Office has not provided a clear estimate on the revenue from the tax penalty but predicts that drug manufacturers will comply due to the high costs of non-compliance. Companies have the option to withdraw their products from Medicare and other federal health programs to avoid the tax, but this would mean losing access to a vast customer base. Industry experts believe that non-compliance is not a feasible option and expect companies to accept whatever price the government dictates. The general consensus is that the tax is not designed to be paid but to force compliance with Medicare's drug pricing program.Drugmakers Aren't Waiting Around for Details on Medicare TaxA non-profit group opposing race-based education policies has filed multiple civil rights complaints against U.S. universities. These complaints challenge the legality of minority scholarships and other programs aimed at promoting racial diversity. The actions follow a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that banned the use of race in college admissions, commonly known as affirmative action. The group, called the Equal Protection Project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation, argues that the Supreme Court's decision should extend to all educational programs.The latest complaint accuses Western Kentucky University of violating civil rights law by offering scholarships exclusively to minority students. Other universities targeted include Kansas State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The U.S. Department of Education has not yet indicated whether it will launch formal investigations into these complaints.Advocates of race-conscious programs argue that they are essential for combating societal disadvantages faced by minority students. They warn that removing race as a factor in admissions and scholarships will result in fewer minority students at top schools. Some schools, like the University of Missouri, have already announced the elimination of race as a factor in awarding scholarships.Legal experts note that it's unclear whether the Supreme Court's ruling will extend to other race-conscious programs beyond admissions. The Department of Education's civil rights office is expected to become a key battleground for these issues. Meanwhile, some schools are exploring alternative methods to improve racial diversity, such as recruiting from underprivileged schools.Anti-affirmative action group, emboldened by US Supreme Court, targets scholarships | ReutersCisco Systems Inc. has announced its largest acquisition to date, buying cybersecurity company Splunk Inc. for approximately $28 billion. The deal is significant, accounting for about 10% of Cisco's market value. Cisco plans to pay $157 per share in cash for the acquisition. Once the deal is finalized, Splunk's CEO, Gary Steele, will report to Cisco's CEO, Chuck Robbins, and join Cisco's executive leadership team.Legal counsel for the deal involves several major law firms. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is serving as legal counsel to Cisco, while Cravath, Swaine & Moore is acting as Cisco's regulatory counsel. On the other side, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is providing legal counsel to Splunk, and Cooley is advising Qatalyst, the financial advisor to Splunk.The acquisition aims to strengthen Cisco's cybersecurity defenses and enhance its artificial intelligence capabilities. The deal is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of next year, pending approval from Splunk's shareholders. Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, which owns 7.5% of Splunk stock valued at $1.4 billion, was advised by Kirkland & Ellis on their voting and support agreement as part of this acquisition.Simpson Thacher Advises Cisco on $28 Billion Splunk Acquisition (1)Just 10 days before a scheduled trial, lawyers for Donald Trump will attempt to convince a New York judge to dismiss most or all of a lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Letitia James. The lawsuit accuses the former U.S. President of "staggering" fraud. On the other hand, James' legal team will argue that Trump and other defendants, including his adult sons and the Trump Organization, should be found liable for fraud even before the trial begins.The case is being reviewed by Justice Arthur Engoron and focuses on allegations that Trump inflated the value of more than 20 properties between 2011 and 2021 to obtain better loan and insurance terms. James claims that Trump inflated his own fortune by as much as $3.6 billion. Trump's lawyers argue that James has no authority to sue over what they claim are non-fraudulent private transactions and that most of her claims are beyond the statute of limitations.The trial comes at a time when Trump is leading in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, despite facing multiple legal challenges. Last week, Trump accused James of ignoring a court decision and called for a delay in the trial. This led an appeals court judge to temporarily stay the trial, with a decision on whether it should proceed expected next week.James' lawsuit aims to prevent Trump and his sons from running businesses in New York and seeks at least $250 million in penalties. James has called Trump's request for a delay a "brazen and meritless" attempt to undermine the court's authority and warned that even a brief delay could disrupt this and other trials that Trump faces.Trump, NY attorney general to argue over scope of looming fraud trial | Reuters Get full access to Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast at www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

#salemwitchtrials #magetheawakening #werewolftheforsaken Responsible for saving their people in the past and future, the Fools set off to literally stab the Patriarchy! Can they avert the historical death of Giles Corey by pressing? With Charlotte as Mona who stands with the God Machine Ismail as Hunts the Storm who rides a storm of Fool-ish ideas Caity as Hannah who opens up ... and Sunjata who watches protectively Victoria as Ethyl who is an ethereal protector ... and Elora who aspires to protect Parallax Trevor as Parallax who fails to protect Elora Storytelling by Rudy Hunts-the-Storm Theme Composed by Psnayl Play the game! Buy the rules here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/... Link to a discord where we have cats and magic! https://discord.gg/D8XMTu9TSV0:00 Intro 2:09 Cat 2:22 Recap 3:40 Seeing "Though the Timeship" 12:57 Archmaster chooses a new timeline 16:18 "Well friends..." a plan is made 21:44 Legendary Spider Dance 29:27 The Vox Maiorum 34:05 The Battle for Hanging Hill 1:03:51 A Silent Scream 1:05:32 Aspirations and Obsessions 1:06:25 Cat --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wards-and-witchcraft/support

The paranormal comedy podcast where we probe a Wizard's Curse. The sheriffs of Salem have been inflicted by a strange coincidence of health difficulties over the centuries since one Giles Corey was pressed, literally, for a plea during the Salem witch trials. Giles was an honourable and trustworthy man who may, or may not, have held strong for their family. But before then, was Giles born at the age of three? In probing this case, we discover that olden times law is crazy and olden times court, is absolutely wild. The things that went down in court were utterly crazy but went down they did for we have documented evidence of today's episode. We know that Giles met a horrid demise above 80 years of age during 1692 and we know beyond doubt, that Giles placed a curse on Salem as Giles passed away. For Giles was a wizard. Alongside the case, we uncover how to create a ham monster. We also discover how the honourable and trustworthy deal with the loss of a loved one. All that and more on this week's file.     Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/butitwasaliens   Store: https://butitwasaliens.co.uk/shop/     Probe us: Email: butitwasaliens@gmail.com Instagram @ ButItWasAliensPodcast Twitter @ ButItWasAliens Facebook: @ ButItWasAliens - join Extraterrestrial Towers     Music:  Music created via Garageband. Additional music via: https://freepd.com - thank you most kindly good people. Near the start we included 1998's The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's Market theme composed by Hero of Sound Kōji Kondō for Nintendo. We finished the episode we'd kept in our wizard's sleeve with the ‘Staff Roll' aka credits theme from 1990-1992's Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also composed by Hero of Sound Kōji Kondō.   Sources: List of Essex County (aka Salem), Massachusetts Sheriffs: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sheriffs_of_Essex_County,_Massachusetts    Salem Ghosts source: https://salemghosts.com/howard-street-cemetery/

Join Natalie and Darren in this thrilling episode of Theatre Audience Podcast as they explore a diverse range of theatrical experiences. They start with the Olivier Award-winning musical sensation, Groundhog Day, at The Old Vic. From the creative minds behind Matilda The Musical, this comic parable of love, hope, and transformation features Andy Karl reprising his Olivier Award-winning role as Phil Connors, alongside the wonderful Tanisha Spring as Rita Hanson, is a must-see.Frances Ruffelle and Norman Bowman take centre stage next in Frankie & Beausy at Cozy Coqs. Frances, known for originating the role of Eponine in Les Misérables and Norman, currently starring as Sam in the hit musical Mamma Mia!, share their incredible talents in this intimate performance. With Frances's Tony Award-winning background and Norman's recent feature film role alongside Jude Law, their chemistry and artistry shine.Prepare for an unforgettable one-man show experience with Wolf by Lewis Doherty. Natalie delves into the captivating storytelling and mesmerising performance that has audiences on the edge of their seats. With a unique blend of humour, suspense, and masterful character portrayals, Wolf delivers an exhilarating theatrical experience.Lastly, they delve into the timeless classic, Arthur Miller's The Crucible, currently playing at the Gielgud Theatre. Darren highlights the standout performances by House of the Dragon star Millie Alcock as Abigail, Caitlin FitzGerald as Elizabeth Proctor, Brian Gleeson as George Proctor, Karl Johnson's brilliant comedy timing as Giles Corey, and Nia Towle's portrayal of Mary Warren. With brilliant staging by Es Delvin and atmospheric lighting by Tim Lutkin and thrilling sound by Tingying Dong. The cast's exceptional talent brings to life the enduring relevance of this powerful play.There's also a mention to the much anticipated West End transfer of Mrs Doubtfire to introduce the interview Natalie hosted with some of the cast which will feature in a future podcast.Tune in to this episode of Theatre Audience Podcast and join Natalie and Darren as they share their insights, passion, and love for the vibrant world of theatre. From musical sensations to intimate performances and thought-provoking dramas, this episode has it all. Don't miss out on this theatrical journey filled with laughter, inspiration, and exceptional performances and all over a nice iced tea.

We sit down with Jason Roberts from Breaths, CHNNLR and Roseneath. We talk all things post-metal/rock, discuss the influence that Deftones have had on music, the ongoing situation with trying to get vinyl pressed, working with Trepanation Recordings and the depressive genius of Giles Corey. We also discuss craft brewing trends, having your children feature in your music, Kanye West's very public fall from grace and Jason and Brendan express their love of Connecticut style pizza. Listen to and follow Breaths: Bandcamp: https://breaths.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breaths_band/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BreathsBand Listen to and follow CHNNLR: Bandcamp: https://chnnlr.bandcamp.com/track/the-ways-we-intersect Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chnnlr/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chnnlr Listen to Roseneath: Bandcamp: https://roseneath.bandcamp.com/album/shine

On this episode Dan and Kevin discuss: A Call To Action, Dan writing you a song, leaving Twitter, bad French accents, jury selection, Margaret Clitherow, Giles Corey, John Wick (again), The Great British Baking Show, pickle ball, elephants, and much more!Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen.Buy Us A CoffeeYouTubeInstagramTwitterTiktokThe Sassholes Insta!!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crushing_(execution)https://allthatsinteresting.com/pressed-to-deathhttps://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Crushing_by_elephanthttps://www.britannica.com/topic/peine-forte-et-durehttp://legalhistorysources.com/Law508/PeineForte.htmMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/curiosityLicense code: 7QU9IW0B2IJBFZJYMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/christian-larssen/suburban-honeymoonLicense code: 1OKNVEXYPW8QAYSHAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

WHIPPETS: It's a Chump Day Party! Jim has tales of the 11-9 BOIS and Jeff has WHIPPETS.SKANKFEST: Jeff has some more eyewitness accounts from on the ground at Skankfest Vegas, living it up and enjoying COMEDY.Salem Witch Trials: Jim has brought back some fall vibes as he is back from his Northeast trip, with tales of nostalgia, raising children and the Salem Witch Trials.LET'S JUST TALK!, THE BOYS ARE BACK!, WEDNESDAY!, HUMP DAY!, REALEST!, CHUMP DAY!, WHIPPETS!, PACK IT UP!, TRIP!, MIDWEEK!, 11-9 TRIP!, JAKE!, PLANS!, ABQ!, ALBUQUERQUE!, BREAKING BAD!, BETTER CALL SAUL!, NEW MEXICO!, SAN DIEGO!, KANSAS CITY!, ATLANTA!, SKANKFEST!, COMEDY!, STAND UP!, COMPLAINTS!, BADGE!, LUIS J GOMEZ!, STREET FIGHTER!, TOURNAMENT!, LIVE PODCASTS!, FUN!, JIM NORTON!, WHEN WE WERE YOUNG!, NORTHEAST!, NOSTALGIA!, NARROW ROADS!, OLD FRIENDS!, YO!, SPENCER!, RAISING CHILDREN!, GROWING UP!, LAS VEGAS!, EAST COAST!, HARDNESS!, POLITENESS!, DICKISHNESS!, ATTITUDE!, ACCENT!, LAST CALL!, BARS!, FRIEND!, POLICE!, SALEM!, WITCHES!, THEME PARK!, TOURIST!, DOWNTOWN!, COSPLAY!, HISTORY!, GILES COREY!, BURNT AT THE STAKE!, SOUTH SHORE!, NORTH SHORE!, HANGED!, PRESSED!, CONSERVATIVE VOICES!, WITCH HUNT!, SIMPS!, ALEX JONES!, SOCIAL MEDIA!, COMMERCIALIZATION!, MEMORIAL!, OUR FATHER!, WARLOCK!, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM!, TRICK OR TREATERS!, FULL SIZE CANDY BARS!,You can find the videos from this episode at our Discord RIGHT HERE!

Episode 32: The Story of Giles Corey in the Salem Witch TrialsIn this episode, we go back in time and zoom in on Giles Corey, who was arrested and imprisoned for Witchcraft in 1692 during the infamous hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts. In an attempt to force Giles to enter a plea, he was subjected to an ancient, and illegal, torture practice. Tune in to this episode to learn more! Don't forget to rate, follow, download, and tell a friend!Email us at: abouttime4tc@gmail.comFollow us on IG: about.time.for.true.crime.podhttps://blogs.loc.gov/law/2020/10/the-crushing-death-of-giles-corey-of-salem-1692/https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/people/gilescorey.htmlhttps://books.google.com/books?id=cwg178oYyU4C&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttps://famous-trials.com/salem/2049-asa-hobhttps://www.britannica.com/event/Salem-witch-trials

In this last (for October 2022 anyway) Salem episode the witches discuss Giles Corey and the many legends regarding the site of his execution and burial. Was it near the Witch Dungeon? Was it outside Sheriff Corwin's house? Do the mysterious large boulders on Gallows Hill hold a clue? Chelle and Laylla also get high and reminisce about their favorite shops, smoke spots, and tours they wish they had time to take. As for fave locations, The Witch Board Museum will always be on the list (even if we didn't mention it this episode!)

Ashley, Jennifer & Tom discuss everything Salem - from Hocus Pocus 2 and its connection to "Bewitched" to the town's original "rock star," Giles Corey

Come to Halloween Town for a Spoopy Bachelorette party with your friendly neighborhood Meta PsycKicks, Em & Liv. Liv is getting hitched! So what better way for two twin flame psychic mediums and a gaggle of baby witches to celebrate than a trip to Salem Massachusetts?! Listen to the vlog recap. of our time in the haunted town of witch trials. Where Liv learns the truth behind the supposed curse set forth by Mr. Giles Corey of Essex County.Join us as we explore the city of the Salem Witch Trials. Sharing the ghostly glimpses of the town's history and present as psychic mediums. FOR MORE WATCH THE VIDEO ON THIS TOPIC: https://youtu.be/iISrYiAxkRcOR READ THE BLOG: https://www.metapsyckicks.com/journalOR JOIN OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/metapsyckicks——-BOOK A PSYCHIC MEDIUM READING:Olivia the Medium: https://www.metapsyckicks.com/our-servicesBOOK A TAROT READING:Emily the Intuitive: https://www.metapsyckicks.com/our-services-----RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS:Our YouTube Setup ►► https://kit.co/metapsyckicks/meta-psyckicks-youtube-setupOur Podcast Setup ►► https://kit.co/metapsyckicks/meta-psyckicks-podcasting-setupEm's Tarot Collection ►► https://kit.co/metapsyckicks/em-s-tarot-card-collectionOther Divination Tools: ►► https://kit.co/metapsyckicks/other-divination-toolsDISCLAIMER: This description might contain affiliate links that allow you to find the items mentioned in this video and support the channel at no cost to you. While this channel may earn minimal sums when the viewer uses the links, the viewer is in NO WAY obligated to use these links. Thank you for your support!-----ARE YOU A PSYCHIC QUIZ: https://www.metapsyckicks.com/extrasTELL US YOUR PARANORMAL STORIES HERE: https://www.metapsyckicks.com/extrasCHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AND BLOG:www.metapsyckicks.comEMAIL US: metapsyckicks@gmail.com——-SAY HI ON SOCIAL:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Np1K0QH8e-EDHhIxX-FaAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/metapsyckicksTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@metapsyckicks?lang=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Meta-PsycKicks-107812201171308Em's Pet Channel - Chin Villain: https://www.youtube.com/chinvillainOlivia The Medium:Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/oliviathemedium/Twitter - https://twitter.com/OliviaTheMediumSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/meta-psyckicks/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Within the scope of the Salem Witch Trials, 19 innocent people were hanged and 1 was tortured to death – pressed over the course of two days. Giles Corey, an 81-year-old yeoman farmer known for his grumpy disposition was that one outlier. Join Salem tour guides Jeffrey & Sarah as they talk about Corey's tenuous relationship with his neighbors, with the church, and why he was so critical of what was happening here in 1692.   https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/tag/corey_giles.html   You know what to do: www.salemthepodcast.com Instagram - @salemthepodcast  Email - hello@salemthepodcast.com Youtube - Salem The Podcast   Book a tour with Sarah   www.bewitchedtours.com   Book a tour with Jeffrey   www.btftours.com   Intro/Outro Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/unfamiliar-faces License code: NGSBY7LA1HTVAUJE

Within the scope of the Salem Witch Trials, 19 innocent people were hanged and 1 was tortured to death – pressed over the course of two days. Giles Corey, an 81-year-old yeoman farmer known for his grumpy disposition was that one outlier. Join Salem tour guides Jeffrey & Sarah as they talk about Corey's tenuous relationship with his neighbors, with the church, and why he was so critical of what was happening here in 1692.   https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/tag/corey_giles.html   You know what to do: www.salemthepodcast.com Instagram - @salemthepodcast  Email - hello@salemthepodcast.com Youtube - Salem The Podcast   Book a tour with Sarah   www.bewitchedtours.com   Book a tour with Jeffrey   www.btftours.com   Intro/Outro Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/unfamiliar-faces License code: NGSBY7LA1HTVAUJE

Krys is back! Tori gets a head start on spooky season by way of a cemetery in Salem! Howard Street Cemetery in Salem has a place in the Salem Witch Trials and was the site of the pressing death of Giles Corey. Krys tells the story of the Vulcan Hotel in New Zealand. This mining town is now the home to 10 living souls but some of the dead have stayed. Rosie, curling, a post office, and the school all play parts in this story. Tori rounds us off with the Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast. This was known as “Europe's Alcatraz” but seems to have had more successful escapes than it's US cousin. Haunted yes, but wanna get married here? They do that…Our Sources: historyofmassachusetts.org, salemghosts.com, theclio.com, salemnews.com, ghostcitytours.com, salem.org, hauntingsaroundamerica.com, Hauntings and Myths Facebook Page Susan Hanley, Stuff.co.nz, Medium.com Mike Pole, hauntedauckland.com, Vulcanhotel.kiwi, Jonistraveling.com, Teara.gov.nz, hewardblog.com, crumlinroadgaol.com, historyit.com, historyireland.com, hauntedrooms.co.uk, spiritedisle.ie, spookyisles.com,  Our theme music: “Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod and at Twitter @TrendyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com Support the show

The Democrats, the media, and the blue-checks on Twitter have no idea how many people have been red-pilled over the past three years. No one who watches Joe and Mika or Rachel Maddow or reads the New York Times will ever be red-pilled. They simply believe that is the only reality. How could it not be if every high-status person in America is going along with it? If your friends and family go along with it, if your social media feed confirms it every day with links. If it's in the media, it must be true, right? How do you not trust it if it's on NBC News or the Washington Post?Waking up to the media's near-total collapse during the Trump years is a big part of being red-pilled. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. The only way to escape the media's hold on the narrative is to cut it out completely, at least until you can see that there is another reality, and very often, the actual truth.If they hadn't already given up on the “establishment” watching them crush Bernie Sanders like a bug in 2016, 2020 would do it. The response to COVID was a big one. Dividing the country the way it did into the compliant and the non-compliant. What it did to businesses, to the minds of children, to everyone who was locked down and locked in - unable to attend funerals, weddings, and death beds. But the raid on Mar-a-Lago very likely has red-pilled Americans even more, especially when you put it together with the authoritarianism during COVID, the suppression of speech, the silencing of dissent, and the dehumanization we all live with every day. To watch our Department of Justice raid a former president's home months before the midterms, where the Democrats were expected to do very badly, looks suspect to anyone. If they were trying to create distrust in our institutions, they succeeded. Most Americans have seen, maybe for the first time, that our government has become too powerful, too punitive, and too authoritarian in crushing dissenting voices and outsiders who challenge that authority. We call that being red-pilled.More worrisome is the ongoing mass hysteria that started on Twitter, spread into our institutions of power, and now has spread to our government. To have such a complicit and compliant media is even more terrifying. What wouldn't they go along with by now? Gulags? We all thought “cancel culture” would be confined to social media but clearly it has become the modus operandi for our establishment government. It's hard not see this as yet another extension of the insanity and hysteria over Trump. As the Wall Street Journal's Kimberly Strassel writes:Trump derangement syndrome has a curious way of scrambling coherent thought. Witness the Democratic-media complex's blind insistence the Justice Department raid on Donald Trump's home is just and necessary—rather than a dangerous move for their party and the republic.In descending on Mar-a-Lago, the department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shifted the U.S. into the category of countries whose ruling parties use government power to investigate political rivals. No attorney general has ever signed off on a raid on a former president's home, in what could be the groundwork for criminal charges.The Mar-a-Lago raid on its own would have one thing. But it comes right after Merrick Garland announced the “largest investigation in American history” against a former president. That came on the heels of prime-time hearings that aired on every news network except Fox, led by Liz Cheney, where they compared January 6th to the end of slavery and the Jim Crow South. This, after Kamala Harris, compared January 6th to Pearl Harbor and 9/11. A red-pilled America is probably starting to think the reaction to Trump, rather than Trump himself, might be the even bigger threat. They were already losing voters by the millions. Hispanic voters, Asian voters, even Black voters were being red-pilled and drifting rightward. That meant there was likely a red wave in the November midterms. Biden's catastrophic poll numbers meant Democrats could lose and lose big. That was unacceptable. It shouldn't be too surprising that they used that moment to hold their primetime extravaganza of Janaury 6th. If they can't win over voters with better candidates or policies, they will scare the living daylights out of them. Donald Trump hadn't even announced he was running for office, but the failure of Biden and the Democrats alone was enough to launch an all-out war on Trump, his henchmen, and his supporters.Instead of bringing more voters in, the administrative state has now red-pilled even more Americans. That's certainly true of Hispanic voters, as a recent Spectator article outlines: It's likely that many of these voters agree with Rep. Mayra Flores (R-Texas) who responded to the Mar-a-Lago search thus: “The FBI raid on the residence of the former POTUS is unprecedented. We do not live in a third world country.” This point will certainly resonate with many first and second generation Hispanic immigrants, many of whom came to the United States to escape countries where such secret police raids are all too common. It's doubtful that Flores or her constituents were satisfied by Attorney General Garland's dilatory and defensive acknowledgment that he approved the decision to seek the search warrant.Whether the newly red-pilled Americans will become GOP voters or whether they will support Trump at all remains an open question. But many of them will be coming out of August 8th with a high distrust for a government that would use the Department of Justice to sabotage its political enemies. The Spectator's Gary Anderson wonders if Biden has crossed the point of no return:Rome's republic collapsed when its politicians started using the law to eliminate opponents, a custom that began with the Marius–Sulla civil war. The guy in power used the judiciary authority of the Roman Senate to eliminate his adversaries. The intended victim would raise legions and fleets in self-defense; this took money. The contender who could raise the most troops or who was the better tactician got to be in charge. Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon because he knew that his opponents in the Senate had decided to have him executed if he returned to Rome without the protection of his legions. He had violated several Roman Republic laws during his invasion of Gaul, but there would be no fair public trial. The concept of Roman justice was dead. From that point on, might made right.Is this the beginning of the great war that will define the Fourth Turning? Writes Neil Howe and William Strauss:“Decisive events will occur—events so vast, powerful, and unique that they lie beyond today's wildest hypotheses. These events will inspire great documents and speeches, visions of a new political order being framed. People will discover a hitherto unimagined capacity to fight and die, and to let their children fight and die, for a communal cause. The Spirit of America will return, because there will be no other choice.Thus will Americans reenact the great ancient myth of the ekpyrosis. Thus will we achieve our next rendezvous with destiny.”Here we are, almost two years into the Biden presidency, and Biden has proven himself to be beyond incompetent, despite being continually propped up by the media. It isn't a coincidence that they are coming for Trump the same week they are desperately trying to boost Biden's poll numbers. They might be able to keep the people afraid enough to be distracted. Still, there is no getting around what happened a year ago when Biden's sloppy exit from Afghanistan led to the deaths of a dozen American soldiers and sent his poll numbers crashing down:A 20-year-old man who was the brother of one of the dead soldiers recently killed himself near the memorial for his brother. Except for the Daily Beast, only Conservative sites covered the story. It would be shocking at any other time except the one we live in now. The media and our government willfully ignore the carnage left in the wake of Biden's bad policies, whether it's Afghanistan which likely caused Putin to invade Ukraine, China to flirt with invading Taiwan, the rising murder rate in cities with “defund the police,” or the two January 6th rioters who have committed suicide, or Ashli Babbitt shot point blank by a member of the Capitol Police - these Americans just don't matter because they don't serve the narrative.What is most frightening about watching the media spin on a story like the unprecedented raid on a former president's home, or any story on any day, is how they always offload the bad stuff onto Trump and MAGA. Now, they've pivoted away from the naked abuse of power displayed by a politicized DOJ and towards the reaction by the GOP against the FBI. While it's true that a man showed up at FBI headquarters with a nail gun, it's not like that's the only act of political violence we've seen lately. They control the media, however, and can drive fear and hysteria however they want. That's just pure gaslighting. Why shouldn't there be a volcanic response? Do they want everyone to lie down and pretend to like it? They can protest as loudly, and as violently as they want over every single thing Trump said or did for the four years he was in power, but the GOP is not allowed to be angry about this?The media has long since lost touch with reality. They listen to Twitter, not the American public. For too long now, the Biden administration has been taking its cues from the wrong people. They think if it makes Joy Behar happy, it's worth doing. They think it's the right move if Rob Reiner approves on Twitter. Twitter is a small pond with way too many big fish driving ongoing hysteria and preventing the Democrats from focusing on the problems of average Americans. Chasing Trump for six years based on one mass hysteria event after another has destroyed the Democratic Party and possibly our Department of Justice. Just because they can indict Trump on some procedural error doesn't mean they should. The problem with mass hysteria is that it often leads to the dehumanization of whole groups of people. While most see it as more of a physical affliction, like coughing fits or laughing disease, it can also work when a threat spreads quickly in a tight-knit community. Think about a snake slithering into a tent. The more who are connected, the faster the hysteria spreads. That can be helpful in life or death situations, but when it comes to what is mostly an existential threat, like witches or Communists, or even Jews, or newly freed Black Americans after the Civil War, that fear eventually morphs into dehumanization. That often leads to the worst crimes against humanity. Once people are dehumanized, as Trump and his supporters have been, there are no limits to what can be done to them. That's not to compare Trump supporters with Jews during the Holocaust or the Jim Crow South; it's just to say that the mechanisms are the same. The “good Germans” had been conditioned to dehumanize Jews, which meant they could be carted off to concentration camps long before anyone knew anything about gas chambers. The Germans believed Hitler was making Germany safer and more prosperous now that the “parasites” had been purged.The hysteria only ends when they've gotten rid of the bad thing. That is why we watched person after person purged and persecuted from their jobs, Hollywood, and social media all through the Trump years, a practice that continues to this day. In 2016 there are more people online and connected than ever before. In 2020, even more people were online and connected. Dehumanization is the red line we should never cross, not necessarily because of what it does to other people, but because of what it does to ourselves, nothing less than the total destruction of the human soul.In Salem, over 200 people were accused of witchcraft, all because a few adolescent girls began faking symptoms. With limited education - they only had the Bible, and only men were allowed to study it - and an isolated new utopia, the Puritans were constantly under siege by direct threats. It was freezing cold. Native Americans were attacking them without warning. And then came the Devil Himself, their greatest fear.Witches had no way out of the accusation, just as someone today is always guilty once accused. They could confess as a witch and live or refuse to confess and be hanged among members of their community who cheered on their deaths. But not everyone was compliant, just like now. Giles Corey was a terrible person by all accounts. He beat his wife regularly. But he refused to confess to being a witch. They tortured him with heavy stones placed on his chest until his tongue fell out of his mouth, and he died. Then there was Thomas Maule, a Quaker, who spent a year in jail to make sure the story of Salem was told and remembered. Maule understood persecution because in Salem, they didn't only jail accused witches. They didn't much like anyone who wasn't a Puritan. They jailed Quakers all of the time and treated them like outsiders, much like our Left now does to non-compliant Trump supporters. Maule is credited with leading the way toward the First Amendment and as the founder of objective journalism that held the powerful to account. There were no real witches in Salem, America is not corrupt to its core with “white supremacy,” and Trump is not an omnipotent Super Villain. We're all just human beings, flaws and all. Trump is still the same gadfly from the 1980s whose fame revolved around his opulent lifestyle. He's the same guy who starred in Celebrity Apprentice. Trump is not secretive - if anything, he's an over-sharer. He doesn't hide things or tries to grab power behind the scenes. Everything is right on the page, warts and all. He perplexes the Left because he still believes in an America where everyone has a right to say what they want, lives how they want, thinks what they want regardless of the fast-changing rules of behavior mandated by the new Left. Trump's rise is no coincidence. He is overtly and deliberately offensive. He mocked a disabled reporter. He made fun of John McCain. He called Marco Rubio “Little Marco.” He often seems like a bully. But there is a side to Trump people don't know and don't see. The human side of Trump. When you take the time to see that, dehumanization evaporates. This doesn't mean I'm suggesting you “like” Trump, see him as a good person or even support him. It just means we should get a grip before things go too far to turn back around. We're already there. There is nothing left of the Trump hunters. They have been destroyed by their addiction. It defines who they are now and defines what they are. For people who have everything - money, culture, art museums, every major corporation in the country, all Big Tech platforms were undone by their need to destroy one man. Americans are looking at the January 6th committee hearings, and now, with the raid on Mar-a-Lago and thinking, do they not trust their own candidates or policies to win in November? Why are they so worried the people will vote for Trump instead? Shouldn't they be fixing themselves rather than trying to take out their opponent before he's even announced he's running?They can't quit Trump because he went at the Kings and the Queens - Obama, Bill Clinton, the Bush's, the Cheneys. The Squad. Nancy Pelosi. He mocked all of them. He got his MAGA fingerprints all over the furniture in the White House. Now, they're done dancing around it. With a fully compliant media and a rabid blue-check army on Twitter they are ready for their authoritarian closeup. To quote Paddy Chayefsky's brilliant screenplay for Network, Trump has meddled with the primal forces of nature, and for that, he must ATONE. While discussing Network, Chayefsky warned against what he called “the destructiveness of absolute beliefs.” He then added, “That the only total commitment any of us can have is to other human beings.”Our government leaders should spend less time with their ruthless, grotesque power grabs and more time trying to make us see each other as human beings again. Or as Jefferson Smith, an outsider who came to Washington only to see his character smeared, once said, “love thy neighbor.”Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a film about government corruption and the one man who went into the machine thinking he could make a difference. I do not doubt that the intentions of Adam Schiff, Liz Cheney, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden aren't good. But in their unending hunt to destroy Trump, they've destroyed themselves.I never thought anything could shake my faith and loyalty to the Democratic Party. I trusted them. I believed in them. That doesn't mean I think the Republican Party is any better, but they don't control everything as the Democrats do. They will probably indict Trump. That will mark the last gasp of their collapsing empire. The red pills will be eaten like candy. No American will ever see them the same way again. I am not MAGA. I am not a Conservative. My friends and family do not understand why I care about Trump and his supporters. They want me to join them in their hatred. They want me to be inside the same group hysteria as they are. I know where they're coming from. I used to be among them. I did everything they're doing now. But the red pill is a powerful one. Once you find your way out of the bubble of hysteria on the Left, it feels more like normal life. People are people again. And that, my friends, is worth waking up for. Get full access to Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone at sashastone.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Kitty takes us on a trip back in time to Salem in the year 1692. We learn about the two girls and accused witch Tituba, who set off the entire Salem witch panic. We meet the infamous witch hunter Cotton Matther and his associates, as well as honor a few of the victims including Giles Corey and Bridget Bishop. And Allorah and Kitty use their witchy fine-toothed comb to examine and theorize what truly happened at the Salem Witch Trials. Grab your cuppa and settle in. Don't forget, you'll find an entire page of info. on the Salem Witch Trials specially made for your Book of Shadows on our new patreon page at patreon.com/burninghallows.

This week we are excited to give you a sneak peak of our exclusive Patreon series Curses! In each episode of Curses Micah (a skeptic) and Tyler (not a skeptic) will discuss a different allegedly cursed object, person or place.  This week, Tyler discusses the Curse of Giles Corey and Micah covers the Curse of the Crystal River Valley! This episode has it all from witches to castles and all the places in-between!Follow us!Twitter: twitter.com/wbperspectiveInstagram: instagram.com/wbperspectiveMicah: instagram.com/piker_7Tyler: instagram.com/j.t.goodMusic by Augusto DinizLogo by Scott Bailey: instagram.com/scottabailey

“THE MOST DREADFUL EXECUTION OF THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS” and More True Horrors! #WeirdDarknessClick here to find Weird Darkness in your favorite podcast app: https://linktr.ee/weirddarkness IN THIS EPISODE: Like many desolate places, the Arctic has its share of ghost stories and haunted legends floating around the frigid, wild areas of its domain. It might be the frights rather than the cold that gives you goosebumps. (Ghostly Shivers of the Arctic Circle) *** Weirdo family member Joy Cruz remembers something her mother told her as a child… and it quite possibly saved her soul. (I've Seen The Devil) *** You never know what might be lurking just out of sight – in the shadows, behind a door. I'll share a few true stories that might make you double-check the locks at night and check the closet before going to bed. (Never Trust The Dark) *** A 5-year-old boy having the time of his life at a carnival suddenly goes missing – and when found later there is no evidence whatsoever as to how he got where he was, who took him there, or what happened to him before he was found. (The Disturbing Case of Little Stephen McKerron) *** When you think of the Salem Witch Trials, you typically think of women being burned at the stake, innocently accused of witchcraft. There are two incorrect assumption about that mental picture. First, most of the accused were hung, and none have been truly verified to be burned alive. And second, sorcery and Satan worship were not seen to be bound by gender, and so either a man, woman, boy, or girl could be a witch. And one of those unfortunate men was Giles Corey – but his punishment went beyond the norm, and into the gruesome. (The Most Dreadful Execution of The Salem Witch Trials)(Dark Archives episode from June 29, 2020)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“Ghostly Shivers of the Arctic Circle” by Jodi Smith for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/yc9ymjyx“The Most Dreadful Execution of The Salem Witch Trials” from Sometimes Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/y979qn8e, and Evan Corey for History: https://tinyurl.com/y7qt45kx“I've Seen The Devil” by Joy Cruz for Weird Darkness: https://WeirdDarkness.com/submit“The Disturbing Case of Little Stephen McKerron” from Strange Company: https://tinyurl.com/ydf4w6ce“Never Trust the Dark” from The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/y7bgdq5zSubscribe to the podcast by searching for Weird Darkness wherever you listen to podcasts – or use this RSS feed link: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3655291/episodes/feed.Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music, EpidemicSound and/or AudioBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and/or Nicolas Gasparini/Myuu (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission. 

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It is one of the darkest, yet most alluring parts of early American History, and although it only lasted for one year [1692-1693] the Salem Witch Trials spellbind us to this day. Dawn sits down with guest, Alex Malt, who is eager to get into this bewitching history and go visit his hometown sites with more authority next time. 00:07:42 - After some catching up and chit-chat, Dawn gets into her sources, 2 Books:Death in Salem - Diane E FouldsThe Salem Witch Trials. A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a city under siege - by Marilynne K Roach.But first, just the general stats on The Salem Witch Trials: 200 people were accused30 found guilty20 executed19 hanged1 pressed to death7 died in jail00:13:27 - Dawn lays out her plan for the episode: First to tell the general story of the Salem Witch Trials, the HILFY-est Who's-what's of the story. Then, after the break, we will dive into the WHY and the HOW - which has been the focus of study in the 330-ish years since the Salem Witch Trials took place.00:14:58 - We begin in January, 1692 in the cold, cold house of the cold, cold man, Rev. Samuel Parris. His daughter Betty and his niece Abigail have been trying their hand and fortune telling when all shit breaks loose. 00:22:50 - Fortune Telling? Witch Cakes? THE DEVIL... There is no redder meat for a Puritan Village and the accusations begin to spread like wildfire. 00:31:25 - The executions took place in Salem and they were all, except one, done by hanging. Giles Corey was pressed to death in a method considered archaic even by these animals. 00:36:25 - All of the so-called judges were - to put it bluntly - cunts. But one of them was particularly cunty and his name is John Hawthorne. His descendant, Nathanial Hawthorne, would go on to apologize for his ancestor - and to write the novel The Scarlet Letter.  PART 2 00:42:28 - We know that Salem didn't invent the idea of Witch Craft. Dawn goes back to English Witch Trials and how their laws and courts set a precedent for Salem - but it was, of course, horribly flawed and outdated even for the time. Dawn begins to lay out her favorite theories that have developed over the years in an attempt to explain WHY and HOW these horrible events could have happened: 00:48:33 - THEORY #1 - Teenage Girls Just Suck.Which is not entirely untrue, but it ignores the unique circumstances of the specific girls who were first 'afflicted' in Salem. Many of them - at least nine by my count - had witnessed firsthand bloody and murderous violence in the frontier by and against the native Americans. 00:55:22 - THEORY #2 - It was never about witches - all local grievances and petty politics. No doubt, grievances and politics played a huge role in the Salem Witch Trials but - of course - they are at play in every community on earth. They were not so deep or so bloody or so egregious that they explain the murder of 20 people in 12 months. Also, it's not so local as the rifts are reflected as far away as the Mother England. 01:02:30 - THEORY #3 - They were DRUGGED!Ergot is a hallucination-inducing mold that grows on some grains and breads in certain weather scenarios. In 1976, Linnda R. Corpale suggested that this is to blame for the effects in Salem.It's a neat theory. Makes sense and lets us off the hook. It's been pretty roundly dismissed. "01:05:15 - THEORY #4 - It was the Devil.If you are among the faithful who believe in the biblical interpretation of the apocalypse, good and evil - God and the Devil locked in an eternal battle for our souls - then this is NOT a story of psychosis, politics or moldy bread. Yes innocent people were murdered in Salem, but it was still the DEVIL who did that - using people as his pawns. At least that was how they were explaining it in 1697. ---THANK YOU so much for listening. Please subscribe, share, rate & review us!LIVE RECORDING - May 26th, 2022 at The Glendale Reading Room in Glendale, CaliforniaNEXT EPISODE - EP16: Great Mistakes with Brian Kiley.   

We look back into more curses this episode. The curse of the Power Rangers, The Curse of Giles Corey, and The Chair of Death.  Join us as we figure out if these curses are real or just coincidence. Our Affiliates: Para-box Monthly- enter Promo Code PARANORMALCY at check out to get 10% off your first box!Halloweencostumes.comOur Website: https://www.unpnormalcy.com/The Green Mushroom Podcast Network: Smuts Up,  Faith Blind Council, Lux Occult, Ad Hoc History, Administrism, Unearthing Paranormalcy, The Green Podcast Network, Primordia, Ex V Plan, Grognostics Also don't forget our other linksDiscordhttps://discord.gg/NhZxdPfdEdFollow us on Facebook and Join our Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/unpnormalcyhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/2147778561941881/ Follow us on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/unpnormalcy/ Follow us on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/UNPnormalcy Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/unpnormalcy)

Krysta, Laura and Dean continue talking with their guest Kate from Ignorance Was Bliss Podcast about the Salem Witch Trials. They talk about Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Giles Corey, plus they talk hauntings connected with modern Salem. They discuss how most of what took place in the Salem Witch Trials happened in what is modern day Danvers while very little happened in Modern Salem, formerly Salem town. All in all another e[isode full of history and hauntings!

Continuing on my Salem Series and sort of a sequel to last week's episode about Giles Corey, here is the story of George Corwin, Sheriff of Salem during the Witch Trials of 1692, who may or may not have been so terrible that someone put a lien on his corpse when he died. Contact infoeffeduphistory@gmail.com@effeduphistory on all socialsBook a Tour of Salem, MAhttps://www.viator.com/tours/Salem/Curses-and-Crimes-Candlelight-Tour/d22414-325232P2Buy Me A Coffee:buymeacoffee.com/effeduphistoryInterested in starting a podcast of your own? I highly suggest using buzzsprout to list and post! If you use my affiliate link, you get a $20 amazon gift card after 2 paid months.https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1630084Sources:https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/site-of-george-corwin-house-joshua-ward-house/https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17059213/george-corwinhttps://historyofmassachusetts.org/jonathan-corwin-salem-witch-judge/https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/philip-and-mary-english-home-site-of/Music:Medieval Loop One, Headless Horseman, and Celebration by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/effeduphistory)

Hey there history nerds and historians. Today we are continuing the Salem Series of Effed of History and talking about Giles Corey and his supposed curse. It's a spooky one. Contact infoeffeduphistory@gmail.com@effeduphistory on all socialsBook a Tour of Salem, MAhttps://www.viator.com/tours/Salem/Curses-and-Crimes-Candlelight-Tour/d22414-325232P2Buy Me A Coffee:buymeacoffee.com/effeduphistoryInterested in starting a podcast of your own? I highly suggest using buzzsprout to list and post! If you use my affiliate link, you get a $20 amazon gift card after 2 paid months.https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1630084Sources:https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/41254_265598-01233?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=80685402https://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-curse-of-giles-corey/http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/people/?group.num=&mbio.num=mb35Music:Medieval Loop One, Headless Horseman, and Celebration by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/effeduphistory)

On the last Salem Witch Trials episode, Blake covers the deaths of Giles and Martha Corey with special guest London McElvaine!! They also discuss the curse that haunts Salem to this day, caused by Giles Corey's ghost. Email your paranormal stories to hauntedhometownspodcast@gmail.com cause everyone loves a ghost story!

Shanda recounts the story of Giles Corey, the last person tried during the Salem Witch Trials and his gutsy last words. Ashley tells of the cheeky last words of Alexander Blackwell and the events that lead up to his beheading in 1747. This episode has 100% more torture than any other episode! You can find us at: Facebook Instagram You can find Shanda at: Facebook Instagram You can find Ashley at: Crimson Moon Farm YouTube Crimson Moon Farm Facebook Crimson Moon Farm TikTok --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passingnotes/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/passingnotes/support

Shanda recounts the story of Giles Corey, the last person tried during the Salem Witch Trials and his gutsy last words. Ashley tells of the cheeky last words of Alexander Blackwell and the events that lead up to his beheading in 1747. This episode has 100% more torture than any other episode! You can find us at: Facebook Instagram You can find Shanda at: Facebook Instagram You can find Ashley at: Crimson Moon Farm YouTube Crimson Moon Farm Facebook Crimson Moon Farm TikTok --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passingnotes/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/passingnotes/support

One of the POVs this week gains a new dad, the other kills one. Equivalent exchange. Chapters: ASOS Jon XI, Tyrion XI Outro music: Winter's House by Giles Corey

In 2021, there are only two paths for the left generally and the Democrats specifically to take: totalitarianism or collapse.Some days, like today, when the New York Times' Kara Swisher parrots the talking points of the progressive left (what does that even mean anymore) while pretending to write about Big Tech, it feels hopeless. The massive wave of support to cancel Dave Chappelle, or have Netflix pull his show The Closer, is overwhelming. And yes, this too shall pass. As long as no one is being thrown into gulags or meth-addicted Nazis aren't marching into France we're on the better side of history. But still. This is America. And these are supposedly liberals. Suddenly it's okay for a mob of mostly white people to condemn, chase and attempt to destroy the life of a black man for jokes. Jokes are harm, they scream. Words are violence, they insist. COMPLY OR ELSE they demand. So few people have the stones to stand up and say ENOUGH. There aren't adults in the room there are helicopter parents who pander and soothe and over-protect. Or they're baby boomers who still think pushing back against mass hysteria is selling out. Don't forget that those who marched against the Black List and McCarthyism were loathe to push back against actual Stalin. Don't forget what led to the fear of communism. Don't forget the gulags and the censorship and the propaganda and the forced conformity of thought. The struggle sessions are back but at least they don't go hand in hand with starvation and torture. Why are we here? Because of three simple words: intent doesn't matter. Intent doesn't matter because inside of each person is a corrupt evil that must be exposed. Once exposed, that person is to be hauled out in the court of public opinion. Confess your sins and apologize, even if you did nothing wrong. Deny your sins and be banished from Salem Village, I mean Twitter, I mean your platform. You will be blacklisted in polite society, aka the revenue stream.Of course, there is a market for those expelled from Salem Village, I mean Twitter, I mean the ruling class, I mean polite society. Outsider content can be found on Youtube, podcasts, right here on Substack - desperate sane people looking for voices of courage, looking for people who will say what they can't spend a lot of money for some relief, for someone to remind them that they are not crazy, that none of this is normal. Dave Chappelle was “transphobic” because he defended “transphobic” JK Rowling in The Closer. But Swisher, and everyone else, can't humanize Chappelle so they can't measure nuance in what he's saying in his show because intent doesn't matter. He doesn't pull punches but he also calls his transgender friend Daphne a “she” and speaks of their great friendship. He tells the audience that Daphne took her own life, jumping off of a building after defending Chapelle on Twitter. He makes one final joke that “she couldn't be a woman because only a man would do some gangsta s**t like that.” The crowd goes completely silent, and then he adds that he told that joke because Daphne would have loved that joke, and, he says, “that's why she was my friend.”He also said he set up a scholarship fund for Daphne's daughter. Most people I know in real life don't understand the sudden lurch in the direction of “there is no biological difference between men and women.” Most people I know don't believe that and can't believe the militancy around forcing people to accept that. Chappelle's show, like it or not, reflects what the majority in this country thinks. You can't change their minds by forcing policy, as the left is now doing. Trying to destroy Dave Chappelle and Netflix over it only makes that acceptance harder. It is shocking that Ted Sarandos has held the line in standing up for Chappelle, who no doubt brings millions of subscribers to the platform. Shocking to see someone in the plain light of day in the moneyed class say something as truthful yet controversial as “I don't believe jokes cause real-world harm.”If you talk to anyone on the left they will brush it off. Either they deny “cancel culture” exists at all, or they say you are painting the entire left and the Democratic Party with the same brush as a small but vocal group of activists. Or they say the punishment is not that severe, after all, Joe Rogan and Dave Chappelle, even Louis C.K. can still make money outside of Salem Village, I mean Twitter, mean the ruling class, I mean polite society. Whatever it is that people call “Cancel Culture” exists. It always has. It is also called mass panic or mass hysteria. It afflicts a community of people who are connected to each other enough to feel the same fear at roughly the same time. This study concluded that fear spreads on social media like a game of telephone, growing every time it spreads from one to the next. It also concluded that “unbiased factual news of a story does not seem to halt growing panic.”The study followed 154 participants on social media. The total group was divided into 14 chains of 8 people. The first person in the chain reading multiple neutral and factual news articles and then writing a message to the second person regarding the story. The second person then wrote a message to the next person until all eight members of the chain had been involved in the news thread.When the sixth person received a message from the fifth person, it was sent with the original news story.In all 14 chains, news stories that dealt with “dreaded” topics became more and more negative and tended towards fear and panic as it progressed through the message chain. Importantly, the effect of this distorted dread was not changed when the unbiased facts were presented to the sixth person. The neutral/original article had relatively zero impact on changing people's negative outlook.The study's author concludes:“Society is an amplifier for risk. This research explains why our world looks increasingly threatening despite consistent reductions in real-world threats. It also shows that the more people share information, the further that information gets from the facts and the more resilient it becomes to correction.”So far, Ted Sarandos is among the very few in the corporate class to take a stand against the ridiculous notion that words, essays, jokes cause “harm.” Most of them have not only caved but are using this “woke capitalism” to keep themselves in power by selling to those who care about their own virtue. In other words, you shop at Whole Foods because you can afford to shop there but you'll feel good about spending your money if virtue is attached to it. Just look at how quickly the elite class abandoned their “antiracism” when coming across people of color who don't comply with the doctrine. Larry Elder is a “white supremacist in black face,” Candace Owens is a “Nazi sympathizer” and now Dave Chappelle, whose politics are on the left, is a “transphobe.” I won't say these are modern-day lynchings - that isn't my place to say. But I most certainly can say they are modern-day witch hunts because that is exactly what they are.It was supposed to get better when Trump left office. It has only gotten worse. Those who continue to obsess on Trump without helping to crash the house of cards on the left are simply kicking the can down the road by treating the symptom and not the disease.Biden was meant to be a bulwark against the “radical left” but he has not been. He acts as though he has just won the second Civil War and genuinely sees himself as a kind of savior to the black community under siege by half the country. There is a reality to this that can't get through to Biden because he is managed by people who pay too much attention to Twitter and mainstream media and not enough attention to the outsider voices who are shouting from the rooftops about the crises at hand. Don't expect the mainstream Democrats like Chuck Schumer or Nancy Pelosi to push back even a little bit. They will not. No one can or will. Not in the New York Times, not in the Senate, not on Twitter. But Ted Sarandos did. Whether he can hold the line or not is a different story. As Leonard Cohen would say, there is a crack - a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. That's how the light gets in.Ted Sarandos is Like Thomas MauleThomas Maule was a quaker in Salem in 1692. Being a Quaker in Salem was almost as bad as being a witch. They were routinely beaten and banished, tormented because they did not accept the One True Religion of Salem Village. The Puritans didn't leave the Church of England to erect their “shining city on the hill” only to have it then polluted by outsiders of a different faith. Building their utopia meant they had to police their utopia constantly, handing out scarlet letters, and brutal punishments. They punished “fornicating” and blasphemy more than actual crimes. Salem was a miserable place. I imagine the only two outlets for their misery were fornicating and blasphemy. I imagine if they were then punished for these they might become a bit, shall we say, pent up.It was a brutally cold winter in 1692. There was a small pox pandemic. They were under constant attack by the Native Americans. In fact, in the book The Witches by Stacy Schiff she wrote that children who were kidnapped by the Native Americans often wanted to stay with them rather than return to the oppressive nightmare back in Salem Village. The only education, offered just to men, was the Bible. They all believed in witchcraft to explain almost everything that could not be explained by God. They lived huddled in fear. Fear of mysterious noises from the woods at night, of unpredictable attacks by the warring tribes that surrounded them, and eventually they began to fear each other as an imaginary wave of witchcraft began afflicting every kind person, and even some animals. In their own primitive way, they believed their trials were fair due process. But when your only evidence is spectral, fairness is not really the point. When a handful of adolescent girls began throwing fits and pretending to be possessed by witchcraft their lives were transformed for a time. They were allowed more freedom from the daily grind of chores and prayer. They were suddenly powerful. More powerful than any man in town, that's for sure. They were closer to God because they could see who was a witch and who wasn't. All they had to do was point their finger and play-act to end someone's life. The hysteria spread rapidly because the fear was unmanageable. It wasn't just fear of the Devil. It was fear of real things that were killing them, threatening them in unpredictable ways. Those accused were given a choice. Confess and live as a witch, or deny and be hanged. Looking back on it now, it's easy to see who were the liars and who was telling the truth. Lying was what they wanted them to do. Lie about being a witch, confess and beg for redemption. That kept things harmonious in the town because then they knew who their enemies were. But if you denied it, it sent them into a frenzy of fear. The most famous of these is Giles Corey who was an angry, belligerent man who beat his own wife continually, but who, when accused, not only denied it but denied it defiantly. They put heavy bricks on his chest until he couldn't breathe. Still, he denied it. He died with his tongue hanging out of his mouth rather than lie to God. This conundrum caught the attention of Maule. He and his wife went along with the witch trials at first and testified against one of the first accused. But at some point, he saw what others couldn't, maybe because they were already outsiders. Think of him like someone who writes on Substack. He saw what a scam it all was. 20 people were executed in four months with many more waiting in jail. Eventually, the accusations became too ridiculous for even the church leaders to go along with and the trials came to a halt.The Puritans in Salem were so ashamed of their social contagion that had paralyzed their village in fear that they really tried to make it all go away. The story would never have been told but for Thomas Maule who wrote in 1695, “Truth Held Forth and Maintained.” In it, he stated, “[F]or it were better that one hundred Witches should live, than that one person be put to death for a Witch, which is not a Witch.” From the Maule Family's website:Official reaction to Maule's publication was swift and severe. By order of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Council and by warrant issued by the Lietenant Governor of Massachusetts, Maule was arrested, his properties searched, and 31 seized copies of Truth Held Forth were burned. He was charged with seditious libel, and imprisoned for at least a year. Brought before the Council and the Governor in Boston, he refused to answer any questions, and demanded to be tried in his own county by a jury of his peers. Finally, he was released on bail, and the grand jury brought a charge of slanderous publication and blasphemy. The trial took place at Salem, in 1696, before his Majesty's Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize and General Gaol Delivery, the justices present being Thomas Danforth, Elisha Cooke, and Samuel Sewall. Maule argued cleverly and causticly, Maule addressed the court and argued that with respect to religious matters the court had no power. He then addressed the jury, pointing out to it that it was bound by the King's law, no part of which Thomas had broken. He also told the jury that the presence of his name on the pamphlet as author meant nothing since it was the printer who put it there; this point had no basis in the law. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, explaining to the court that the pamphlet was insuffcient evidence of the charges against Thomas Maule because his name had been placed on it by the printer. Though the court pressed the jury for a guilty verdict it rendered an acquittal whose impact was visible not only in the words and faces of the enraged judges but also in the events that unfolded thereafter.The impact of Thomas Maule's acquittal cannot be understated. For the first time in a reported trial, the jury ignored the directions of the court to find a defendant guilty. The growing public impatience with secular interference with religious matters undoubtedly affected the jury, which made clear that it disclaimed any authority by the court over religious matters. The break between governmental control of secular matters and religious matters that surfaced in Thomas Maule's trial set a precedent that contributed at least in part to the First Amendment right to freedom of religious expression.This past year we have all witnessed mass hysteria run amok on social media, with the mainstream media also unable to withstand getting caught up in it. Fear spreads like wildfire, gaining momentum as it moves through people. It isn't just one person triggered. It's potentially thousands. It is certainly not millions. The millions are the ones watching in horror as our culture collapses. There is room in this country for different points of view. The idea that jokes could cause harm is simply not backed up by the statistics. While it's true that jokes can lead to justified bullying which could definitely lead to harm, banning the jokes themselves is a road to ruin if, for no other reason, it makes them more powerful. This is a good moment to look around. Who is standing up for freedom of expression and who is calling for censorship and who is staying silent? Remember their names. These stories will be told, just as the story of Salem Village was. History has never been on the side of those who crumble under waves of panic, fear, or hysteria. It has always been on the side that humanizes, empathizes, and stands up for the rights of the individual and the outsider in the face of forced conformity. And that is why Thomas Maule is remembered as a hero. What Ted Sarandos does next will decide whether or not he will be remembered as a hero or a coward. The activists have turned what would have been a funny special people watched and laughed into a war that will demand people choose sides. How does that do anything for their cause? They are demanding compliance and in so doing will end up alienating far more people than they will attract. I know they don't care, of course, but just saying.As for the left, every day they make Trump more appealing because he isn't afraid, even a little bit, of offending them. And that, more than anything, will define who wins elections and who doesn't. Yes, all the money and power are still with the virtuous class, but Americans aren't really built to obey totalitarianism. What's the way out? Bravery. Courage. Humanity. Reach out to those you are being told are your enemies. Don't become a loyal tribe member. Defend those accused and attacked. Mostly, you have to be willing to not care if people accuse you of something, or hurl insults your way, or swarm you and attack you. If you don't care, they can't hurt you. This dynamic played out beautifully in the Black Mirror episode Nosedive, which is about learning how to be a nonconformist in a culture that demands it. In 2021, we don't have to fear hanging or torture. We just have to withstand being screamed at, hated, and shunned. That ain't no big thing. It's just another day in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Get full access to Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone at sashastone.substack.com/subscribe

This week on Killer History, Lauren details the mysterious flight of KAL-902 and it's disappearance into Soviet airspace and then the international relations debacle that followed. Then Haley round out the episode by telling us a little bit about the father of American heavy rock music, Giles Corey (rim shot!)

What do Agatha Harkness, Geillis Duncan and the Salem Witch trials have in common?! They are all in this episode as we tackle witches new and old! Salem wasn't the only place they held witch trials...and we may all be a little witchy ourselves. Something wicked this way comes! linktr.ee/castlesandcryptids  Website: castlesandcryptidspod.squarespace.com Tags: Agatha Harkness, Geillis Duncan, Scottish witch trials, Witch hunter general, Matt Hopkins, Salem Witch Trials, Giles Corey, Salem Curse

Summary: Dave and Michelle talk about one of the last and most screwed up trials from the Salem Witch Trials and the curse that plagued the town for centuries after. Main Topic: in the 1690's the Salem Witch Trials were in full swing and Dave tells the story of Giles Corey who, along with his wife, were tried for witchcraft and killed...but not before Giles Corey placed a curse on Salem's sheriff and the entire town which seems to have lasted for centuries. Was Giles Corey actually a wizard or were he and his wife victims to an even more sinister, selfish force in the town? Email us at thatsjustweirdpodcast@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://my.captivate.fm/www.patreon.com/thatsjustweird (www.patreon.com/thatsjustweird) Join our Facebook Group: https://my.captivate.fm/www.facebook.com/groups/thatsjustweirdpodcast (www.facebook.com/groups/thatsjustweirdpodcast) Twitter: https://my.captivate.fm/www.twitter.com/ThatsJustWeird2 (www.twitter.com/ThatsJustWeird2) Intro/Outro Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irrhuV9qeAE ("Dimished Returns"-Jeremy Korpas) Support this podcast

Subscribe to NightMerica on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3qaawpVSubscribe on iHeartRadio - https://ihr.fm/3ltRoA5Subscribe to NightMerica now - https://bit.ly/3jFqCDmEp29: Season of the WitchThis week we talk about the meaning of witchcraft and witch hunts before Britt takes on the pressing matter of Giles Corey in Salem, and Aaron explore the Bell Witch, one of America's most important paranormal cases.Support NightMerica on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/NightMericaFollow on Social MediaInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/NightMericaPodcastFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/NightMericaPodcastYoutube - https://youtube.com/channel/UC0HcIzs5EsTmy1-W8VbosQg~~~~~~~~~~~Indie Drop-InThank you to NightMerica for the great episode. You can find Indie Drop-In at https://indiedropin.comSubscribe to our Patreon and Help us support Indie Creatorshttps://patreon.com/indiedropinTwitter: https://twitter.com/indiedropinInstagram: https://instagram.com/indiedropinFacebook: https://facebook.com/indiedropinAny advertising found in this episode is inserted by Indie Drop-In and not endorsed by the Creator.If you would like to have your show featured go to http://indiedropin.com/creators~~~~~~~~~~~

The Beatles need no introduction. We all know them and their legacy. We all know how they shaped popular music for decades to come. But did you know that eleven years after the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band the forces of money and cocaine collided, causing a terrible supernova known as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- THE MOVIE?! Helmed by a doe eyed Peter Frampton and the drug addled husks of The Bee Gees, masterminded by their manager, and rounded out with a cadre of cartoon voiced actors, Sgt. Pepper was a cultural and critical failure, earning the ire of movie and music critics alike, not to mention fans. Filtered through layers of blue eyed soul, vocoder and drug psychosis, the once iconic songs of The Beatles are hollowed out and butchered on the film's soundtrack. Joe Streeter (Have A Nice Life, Giles Corey, CONSUMER) joins Mike and Heather to endure this butchery. Now it's your turn.