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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. On this, the last episode of our Salem Witch Trials series, we will focus our attention on Martha Carrier, Ann Foster, and Lady Mary Phips. Sources for this episode are Wikipedia, the Salem Witch Museum, Web.Archive.Org/the Boston Public Library, Ancestors.FamilySearch.org, PressBooks.Pub, “Satan and Salem: The Witch-Hunt Crisis of 1692” by Benjamin C. Ray, “In the Shadows of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692” by Richard Hite, the 2003 film “Salem Witch Trials” by Joseph Sargent

In the winter of 1692, the village of Salem, Massachusetts found itself embroiled in a vicious witch hunt. 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. On this week's episode we will highlight the lives and deaths of Rebecca Nurse and Reverend George Burroughs.Sources for this episode are Wikipedia, the Salem Witch Museum, DigitalHistorySalem.Weebly.com, Famous-Trials.com, “Delusions of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials” by Frances Hill, “The Devil in Massachusetts” by Marion L. Starkey, “Salem Witchcraft, VOL 11” by Charles Upham, and “More Wonders of the Invisible World” by Robert Calef

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, highlighting the lives, trials, tribulations, and deaths of 10 of the accused. In our first episode of the series we will be discussing Tituba, Bridget Bishop, and Sarah Good. Sources used for this episode are Wikipedia, “Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem: Devilish Indians & Puritan Fantasies” by Elaine Brenslaw, Sara Jobe's “Salem Witch Trials in History & Literature” for the University of Virginia, and The Salem Witch Museum

Modern Halloween emerges from diverse cultural and religious traditions, each contributing distinct elements to today's celebrations. From the Celtic festival of Samhain to the Roman Catholic Hallowtide, this episode uncovers the historical threads that connect ancient celebrations to contemporary practices. We examine the influences of Roman festivals like Pomonalia and Lemuria, investigate the connections to England's Guy Fawkes Night, and explore parallels with Mexico's Día de los Muertos. Our discussion reveals how these varied traditions merged to create today's Halloween, with special attention to Salem's emergence as America's Halloween capital. Featuring insights from past guests,  this episode offers a scholarly look at Halloween's evolution while exploring its connections to witch hunts, folklore, and enduring cultural practices. Buy Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night, by Nicholas Rogers  Join One of Our Projects Support Us! Buy Book Titles Mentioned in this Episode from our Book Shop Witch Hunt Episode: Halloween History and Traditions with Scott Culpepper Witch Hunt Episode: Ain't it a Scary Halloween with Sean and Carrie Witch Hunt Episode: Rachel Christ-Doane on the Salem Witch Museum and the Life of Dorothy Good Witch Hunt Episode: Scottish Witch Trials with Mary W. Craig Witch Hunt Episode: Marion Gibson on Witchcraft a History in 13 Trials Witch Hunt Episode: Malcolm Gaskill on the Ruin of All Witches End Witch Hunts Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project Massachusetts Witch-Hunt Justice Project Maryland Witches Exoneration Project Witch Hunt Website --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/witchhunt/support

Halloween Horrorthon II: Dead By Dawn comes to close with a wickedly witchy tale courtesy of Mr. Dragula himself, the one and only Rob Zombie. Join Rob's hot wife, the GEICO caveman, and Ken Goddamn Foree for this psychological and psychedelic horror flick. Meanwhile, David and Justus savagely critique morning radio shows and the Salem Witch Museum, respectively. It's almost Halloween kids…stay tuned to find out if this is the Greatest Movie Ever Made! The Lords of Salem (2012) is directed by Rob Zombie and stars Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Jeff David Phillips, Judy Geeson, and Meg Foster. Music: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat Audio

It's our one year anniversary and we're celebrating with a great discussion, recorded before a live audience at the Danvers Historical Society's Tapley Memorial Hall in downtown Danvers, MA (formerly known as Salem Village) on September 30, 2024. The panelists include: Emerson Baker is a historical archaeologist and professor of history at Salem State University who has done extensive work around the witch crisis. He's the author of several books, including A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience.  Rachel Christ-Doane is the Director of Education at the Salem Witch Museum, where she engages in research, works with students and teachers, creates educational programing as well as oversees curation and exhibition development. Her recent published articles include, “The Salem Witch Trials Memorial: Finding Humanity in Tragedy” in Smithsonian Folklife and “The Untold Story of Dorothy Good, Salem's Youngest Accused Witch in American Ancestors. Daniel Gagnon is the author of the book, A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse. He also serves on the board of directors of the Rebecca Nurse Homestead Museum. For the last several years, Dan has been giving extensive tours of the area to help people better understand the witch hunt. Check out host Greg Houle's book The Putnams of Salem: A Novel of Power and Betrayal During the Salem Witch Trials.

This week, Brian is once again heartbroken over the state of the Miami Dolphins and Tua Tagovailoa diving head-first into things. Then Brian and Frank break down their trips to King Richard's Faire (a renaissance fair), the Salem Witch Museum, and the Salem Halloween Museum and read some of the best reviews they could find. Brian also tells us that he has officially become a Pinball Wizard! Go to StonerDadPodcast.com for links to each show, our Patreon, and all things Stoner Dad. #StonerDad #StonerDadPodcast #BrianBeaudoin #MiamiDolphins #TuaTagovailoa #Salem #KingRichardsFair #SalemWitchMuseum #SalemHalloweenMuseum

What did we do on our summer vacation? Went to visit our favorite New England city of course! Unrefined went back to Salem, Massachusetts for our third and fourth times respectfully, and BJ got to experience the Salem Witch Museum for the first time. We will give you a run down of our visit, the ghost tour we went on, and places we think everyone should go to when they head to the Witch City.All of our links:https://linktr.ee/UnrefinedPodcast

In this Bonus episode, we chat with Rachel Christ-Doane Director of Education for the Salem Witch Museum about their new artifacts for the exhibit, "Witches: Evolving Perceptions." The first case features four significant books from the 16th to 18th centuries: - A 1600 edition of Heinrich Kramer's Malleus Maleficarum. - A 1586 edition of Johann Weyer's De Praestigiis Daemonum. - A 1729 edition of The Secrets of the Invisible World Disclos'd by Andrew Morton (Daniel Defoe). - A 1796 edition of Robert Calef's More Wonders of the Invisible World. These books provide unique perspectives on early modern beliefs about witchcraft, from the notorious Malleus Maleficarum to the critical De Praestigiis Daemonum. The second case explores witchcraft in popular culture with: - An 1868 edition of the grimoire Les Secrets Merveilleux De La Magie Naturelle Du Petit Albert. - A 1919 booklet, “Your Fortune in a Tea Cup,” by Dr. V.M Pierce. - A signed first edition of Gregory Maguire's Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. - A signed first edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Rachel shares the stories behind these artifacts and the ongoing renovations at the museum. These new additions provide a deeper understanding of how perceptions of witchcraft have evolved over time. Tune in to learn about these fascinating artifacts and their impact on the narrative of witchcraft through history and culture and how you can see them for yourself. Salem Witch Museum --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/witchhunt/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/witchhunt/support

We often think of the population of seventeenth-century New England as homogenous—made up entirely of Anglo-Puritans and the natives who had been living in America for centuries. Yet there were others in New England as well, including a very small, yet significant minority of enslaved Black residents. In this episode, we tell the story of two of them, Mary and Candy, who got caught up in the witch crisis. We are grateful to Jonah Hoffmann and the Salem Witch Museum for this blog post, which proved valuable for producing this episode.  Join the conversation 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

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

On March 23, 1692, a warrant was issued by the magistrates to take into custody yet another accused individual. By now, the magistrates and marshals were getting used to this exercise. The witch hysteria had been building for several weeks, and the accusations were flying. But this time, however, the accused was not one of the usual suspects.    Watch Rachel Christ-Doane, director of education at the Salem Witch Museum, discuss her research about the life of Dorothy Good.

The crew visits Salem, Massachusetts to get to the true story behind the Salem with trials of 1692 and discovers a beautiful, vibrant small town. Plus, they discuss other small towns with dark histories. Special guest Jonah Hoffman of the Salem Witch Museum. ____________________________________ S01 Ep27 ____________________________________ Connect with me on social media:  Instagram: @fullmetaltraveler Twitter: @fullmetaltravlr Facebook: @fullmetaltraveler Email: Jeremy@fullmetaltraveler.com Website: www.fullmetaltraveler.com Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unscaled

So you have your costume picked out, pumpkin carved, candy ready, and maybe even some skeletons in your front yard. Now, complete your Halloween prep with our episode about witches with Rachel Christ-Doane, the Director of Education at the Salem Witch Museum. We discuss the most famous witch hunt of the Western world, the meaning behind the word witch, and the evolution of the image of the witch over time, including the TV show "Bewitched" and modern day witchcraft. It's a fascinating history filled with scapegoating and injustice, not to mention, delicious cocktails. Get the featured cocktail recipe: Salem Ranch Water Looking for the best cocktail to accompany you while you listen. Then head over to our library of libations for the right recipe to get you in the mood. Don't forget to follow, download and review to share your thoughts about the show! ********************************** The Designated Drinker Show is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, we craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. Also in the Missing Link line-up of podcasts, is Rodger That—a podcast dedicated to guiding you through the haze of dementia led by skilled caregivers, Bobbi and Mike Carducci.  Now, if you are looking for a whole new way to enjoy the theater, check out Between Acts—an immersive audio theater podcast experience. Each episode takes you on a spellbinding journey through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in between.

So you have your costume picked out, pumpkin carved, candy ready, and maybe even some skeletons in your front yard. Now, complete your Halloween prep with our episode about witches with Rachel Christ-Doane, the Director of Education at the Salem Witch Museum. We discuss the most famous witch hunt of the Western world, the meaning behind the word witch, and the evolution of the image of the witch over time, including the TV show "Bewitched" and modern day witchcraft. It's a fascinating history filled with scapegoating and injustice, not to mention, delicious cocktails. Looking for the best cocktail to accompany you while you listen. Then head over to our library of libations for the right recipe to get you in the mood. Don't forget to follow, download and review to share your thoughts about the show! ********************************** The Designated Drinker Show is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, we craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. Also in the Missing Link line-up of podcasts, is Rodger That—a podcast dedicated to guiding you through the haze of dementia led by skilled caregivers, Bobbi and Mike Carducci.  Now, if you are looking for a whole new way to enjoy the theater, check out Between Acts—an immersive audio theater podcast experience. Each episode takes you on a spellbinding journey through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in between.  

Learn about the latter life of Salem witch trial victim Dorothy Good and Discover what the Salem Witch Museum is all about as we chat with Rachel Christ-Doane, director of education at the Salem Witch Museum. Rachel discusses the history of the museum and the story of the building, the exceptional online educational programming that is available and she explains what a tour of the museum is like. You even get to hear a little about the tourism of the iconic city of Salem, aka Witch City. Next Rachel discusses her recent research project that has brought shocking details to light of what life became for Dorothy Good, the four year old child that was tried for witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials.  During our advocacy talk we reflect on the plight of people in need in early modern New England and how we stop hunting witches. LinksThe Untold Story of Dorothy Good, by Rachel Christ Doanewww.salemwitchmuseum.comPodcast Episode "Leo Igwe on the Deadly Witch-Hunts of the 21st Century"Podcast Episode "Witchcraft Accusations in Nigeria with Dr. Leo Igwe"Salem Witch Museum Presentation by Dr. Leo Igwe Advocacy For Alleged WitchesDocumentary:"Why Witch Hunts Are Not Just A Dark Chapter From the Past”The International Network Against Accusations of Witchcraft and Other Harmful PracticesSupport Us! Shop Our Book ShopPurchase a Witch Trial White Rose Memorial ButtonSupport Us! Sign up as a Super Listener!End Witch Hunts Movement Support Us! Buy Witch Trial Merch!Support Us! Buy Podcast Merch!Join us on Discord to share your ideas and feedback.WebsiteTwitterThreadsFacebookInstagramPinterestLinkedInYouTubeTikTokSupport the show --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/witchhunt/message

News: Join in on the Juneteenth Make Along hosted by The Black Knitter (on ig and YouTube), cast on 6/11 or later and finish projects by 7/3 to qualify for prizes!  Projects using designs, yarns, fiber, notions, or bags from black owned fiber artists and small business owners qualify!  Some prizes might even be from Valkyrie Fibers! Through Pride Month Lauren is hosting a fundraiser for Point of Pride, who help trans folks get access to gender affirming healthcare.  Donating money is rad as hell, but Point of Pride also gives out affirming/supportive notes with the free binders/shapewear that they send out.   Here's the link to their letter writing program: https://www.pointofpride.org/letter-writing Emily and Kemper will be having a festive Barbie trunk show at the Barbie Party at Freeman's Creative in Durham, NC on 7/22 https://www.freemanscreative.com/ Emily will be vending at PopCon Indy from 8/25 - 8/27 https://popcon.us/popcon-indy/   FO:   Lauren - Queue Shawl by Darci Kern https://darcidoesit.com/ in Junk Yarn Totally Hair Barbie colorway, Tuxedo Luxe Base and Dorian Gray colorway by Three Irish Girls   WIPS: Emily  - Maema cardigan by Pip and Pin  https://www.pipandpin.ca/shop/p/qkhuxyly0m9upaofgle03mar2nrx4o in Junk Yarn, Penelope colorway, Boss Sock base https://www.junkyarn.com/ - Vanilla socks in Lang Jawolle self striping colorway - Northeasterly Blanket in Lantern Light Fellowship of the Rings Advent calendar mini skeins https://www.lanternlightyarn.com/ - Mount Pleasant top from Pip and Pin Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mount-pleasant in Junk Yarn cotton in He's Just Ken (pink) and Mermaid (lavender) https://www.junkyarn.com/     Lauren - Heirloom Temperature Blanket by Suraya Hossain in Valkyrie Fibers Rainbow Temperature Gradient https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/heirloom-temperature-blanket - Vanilla hat in Knit Picks Stroll Koi Pond colorway - multipurpose wearable tube improvised design in Rapunzel Fiber Arts Chaos Theory handspun - Meiloorun Shawl by Knit Graffiti https://knitgraffiti.com/shop/meiloorun/ in undyed yak, two skeins from Sister Ananse Yarn, fingering weight yak blend base in the Dreamland and Etherial colorways https://naimabondart.com/collections/hand-dyed100-merino-wool-yarn and a sock set from Serendipitous Wool https://www.serendipitouswool.com/       Acquisitions:   Emily got many treasures on the totally 90's tour with Kemper Gather Here, Boston : several fat quarters and sewing notions https://gatherhereonline.com/ Hive and Forge, Salem : Teeny Tiny Tarot deck https://www.hiveandforge.com/ Hauswitch, Salem : Moon Blood bath salts, various pocket rocks, star shaped hanging lavender sachet https://hauswitchstore.com/ Modern Millie, Salem : botanical print skirt with pocket https://modernmillieshop.com/ Circle of Stitches, Salem : enamel pins, gold bee needle minder https://www.circleofstitches.com/ Village Silversmith, Salem : Labradorite teardrop shaped ring and crescent moon necklace https://www.villagesilversmith.net/ Skein Yarn, East Greenwich : art tins, four skeins of Jawoole SuperSoxx sock yarn, Ken Yarn Ally AF colorway https://skeinyarnshop.com/ Spoopy Tarot https://cutetarot.com/product/spoopy-tarot-deck/   Occult Corner: Emily tells us all about the kitschy Salem Witch Museum! https://salemwitchmuseum.com/   Self Promotion:   The Pronoun Pal Kickstarter will debut on 6/13!  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kittywithacupcake/pronoun-pals-a-pride-pin-collection   Emily will be offering her Zodiac pin collection on her website in July, you can display your Big Three in Emily's signature style!   Totally 90's merch is now available on Emily's website!   Lauren will be having a big Star Wars themed update in early August

Join Jennie and Dianne as they explore the aftermath of the Salem Witch Trials in part three of their series. Discover what happened to the victims and accusers after the trials, including the difficult lives many faced, as well as the memorials and tombs in cemeteries dedicated to them. Reflect on the impact that this dark period in history had on the Ordinary Extraordinary community of Salem and the legacies that still linger today.For more stories and information on the 1692 Salem witch trials, check out these fabulous podcasts and other online resources:1. https://www.salemthepodcast.com/2. https://thoushaltnotsuffer.com/3. https://salemwitchmuseum.com/videos/Resources used to research this episode include:Story, W. (1991). The Witchcraft Hysteria of Salem Town and Salem Village in 1692. (7th ed., 5-7) Willart Publishing .Museum , S. W. Salem Witch Museum Miscellany. (1-3 8) Salem Witch Museum .Brown, D. C. (2006). A Guide to the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692. (7th ed., 1-89) David C. Brown.Fury, D. (2021). If These Stones Could Speak The History and People of the Old Salem Burying Point. (1st ed., 231-273) Black Cat Tours Press.Johnson Lewis, Jone. "Tituba and The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 ." https://www.thoughtco.com. 31 Mar. 2020. www.thoughtco.com/tituba-salem-witch-trials-3530572. Accessed 5 Mar. 2023.Schiff, Stacy. "Unraveling the Many Mysteries of Tituba, the Star Witness of the Salem Witch Trials ." https://www.smithsonianmag.com. 2 Nov. 2015. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unraveling-mysteries-tituba-salem-witch-trials-180956960/. Accessed 5 Mar. 2023.Historical Society , New York. "Life Story: Tituba Survivor of the Salem Witch Hysteria ." https://wams.nyhistory.org. wams.nyhistory.org/settler-colonialism-and-revolution/settler-colonialism/tituba/. Accessed 5 Mar. 2023.Museum , Salem Witch . "SALEM WITCH TRIALS CHRONOLOGY ." https://salemwitchmuseum.com. salemwitchmuseum.com/salem-witch-trials-chronology/. Accessed 5 Mar. 2023.Museum , Salem Witch . "Putnam Cemetery ." https://salemwitchmuseum.com. salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/putnam-cemetery/#:~:text=Beneath%20the%20earthen%20mound%2C%20located,role%20in%20the%20witch%20hunt. Accessed 12 Mar. 2023.Brooks, Rebecca Beatrice . "John Hathorne: Salem Witch Judge ." https://historyofmassachusetts.org. 28 Jan. 2014. historyofmassachusetts.org/john-hathorne-the-salem-witch-judge/. Accessed 12 Mar. 2023.Brooks, Rebecca Beatrice . "Jonathan Corwin: Salem Witch Judge ." https://historyofmassachusetts.org. 26 Jan. 2016. historyofmassachusetts.org/jonathan-corwin-salem-witch-judge/. Accessed 12 Mar. 2023.Brooks, Rebecca Beatrice . "George Corwin: High Sheriff of Essex County ." https://historyofmassachusetts.org. 26 June 2022. historyofmassachusetts.org/george-corwin-sheriff/. Accessed 12 Mar. 2023.House, The Witch. "THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS ." https://www.thewitchhouse.org. www.thewitchhouse.org/#witch-trials-section. Accessed 12 Mar. 2023.

In this week's episode of The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery, Jennie and Dianne continue their series on the infamous 1692 Salem witch trials. Last week, they talked about how Tituba's confession triggered a chain of events that shaped the course of the trials. This week, they explore the aftermath of her confession, including how it led to more accusations, the establishment of a new court system, and the execution of those found guilty of witchcraft. Don't miss this fascinating episode as we delve deeper into one of the most Ordinary Extraordinary and chilling episodes in American history.Resources used to research this episode include:Story, W. (1991). The Witchcraft Hysteria of Salem Town and Salem Village in 1692. (7th ed., 5-7) Willart Publishing .Museum , S. W. Salem Witch Museum Miscellany. (1-3 8) Salem Witch Museum .Brown, D. C. (2006). A Guide to the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692. (7th ed., 1-89) David C. Brown.Fury, D. (2021). If These Stones Could Speak The History and People of the Old Salem Burying Point. (1st ed., 231-273) Black Cat Tours Press.Johnson Lewis, Jone. "Tituba and The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 ." https://www.thoughtco.com. 31 Mar. 2020. www.thoughtco.com/tituba-salem-witch-trials-3530572. Accessed 5 Mar. 2023.Schiff, Stacy. "Unraveling the Many Mysteries of Tituba, the Star Witness of the Salem Witch Trials ." https://www.smithsonianmag.com. 2 Nov. 2015. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unraveling-mysteries-tituba-salem-witch-trials-180956960/. Accessed 5 Mar. 2023.Historical Society , New York. "Life Story: Tituba Survivor of the Salem Witch Hysteria ." https://wams.nyhistory.org. wams.nyhistory.org/settler-colonialism-and-revolution/settler-colonialism/tituba/. Accessed 5 Mar. 2023.Museum , Salem Witch . "SALEM WITCH TRIALS CHRONOLOGY ." https://salemwitchmuseum.com. salemwitchmuseum.com/salem-witch-trials-chronology/. Accessed 5 Mar. 2023.

Jennie and Dianne discuss the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 in part one of a two part series.The Salem witch trials were a dark moment in American history that resulted in the execution of 20 people accused of witchcraft. The hysteria began in 1692 in the small Massachusetts town of Salem, when young girls started to exhibit strange behaviors that were attributed to the influence of witches. The accusations quickly spread, leading to a wave of arrests, trials, and executions. While the exact causes of the witch trials are still debated, it's clear that a combination of religious fervor, social tensions, and economic interests played a role in fueling the hysteria. Join us for this Ordinary Extraordinary story that changed the course of history not only for the community of Salem, but an entire country.Resources used to research include:Story, W. (1991). The Witchcraft Hysteria of Salem Town and Salem Village in 1692. (7th ed., 5-7) Willart Publishing .Museum , S. W. Salem Witch Museum Miscellany. (1-3 8) Salem Witch Museum .Brown, D. C. (2006). A Guide to the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692. (7th ed., 1-89) David C. Brown.Fury, D. (2021). If These Stones Could Speak The History and People of the Old Salem Burying Point. (1st ed., 231-273) Black Cat Tours Press.mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news podcastListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

So many negative articles about Vanlife! But you know what? Vanlife is GREAT! Let's celebrate that this week. We'lll also visit two spooky places, explain washboard roads, and revisit small step stools that might hurt you! For information on the Panama Canal cruise, please follow this link!  FIND US: We're on Facebook (Built to Go Group), Instagram (@collegeofcuriosity), Twitter (@colofcuriosity), and we have a Discord server (invite at top of main page at builttogo.com.) Not a witch, and that's actually a church. :) Photo by Jim McAllister Tech Talk: Washboard Roads They're no fun, but there's not much you can do but understand why they exist. https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4822 Product Review: Folding Step You'll find many uses for this. Just get it.  https://amzn.to/3SCj5Xd A Place to Visit: Winchester Mystery House The real story is more interesting than the legend, but regardless, it's a fun place to visit.  https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/ Resource Recommendation: Envato An easy to use, relatively affordable solution for your stock footage needs https://1.envato.market/mgQ1MD Some links are affiliate links. If you purchase anything from these links, the show will receive a small fee. This will not impact your price in any way. 

It's Halloween!! Which means conversation turns to all things spooky...and one of the spookiest times in American history was the Salem Witch Trials...innocent people being accused of witchcraft, being killed...basically because of hysteria. But there are a lot if misconceptions about those days...which is why it was great to talk to our new favorite nerd, Salem Witch Museum Director of Education, Rachel Christ!! 

Welcome to the Don't Worry You're Enough podcast. We are Diane Roberts and Michaela Tuchek and we are so glad you are here! Today's episode: We are wrapping up the journey with a few more Boston highlights before heading to Salem which was Mike and Michaela's favorite stop on their honeymoon. It was a wild ride from staying at the haunted Nathaniel Hawthorne Hotel to visiting the Witch Dungeon and then going to a Casino. And the best part of any trip is going home! Boston's Freedom Trail Tours - thefreedomtrail.org Bell in Hand Tavern - thebellinhand.com Salem Witch Dungeon Museum - thebellinhand.com (best tour) Hawthorne Hotel - www.hawthornehotel.com Salem Witch Museum - salemwitchmuseum.com Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery - www.nightmaregallery.com Batavia Downs, Gaming & Hotel (Oldest Harness Racetrack) - www.bataviadownsgaming.com WalknTours, Solo Tours for Travel Rebels - www.walkntours.com Connect with us! https://linktr.ee/dontworryyoureenough

Eldest of the three sisters, happily married, mother to eight children and many more grandchildren, and a fully coveted member of the Puritan Church. And yet, Rebecca Nurse found herself at the heart of witchcraft accusations in mid-March of 1692. She was tried, found guilty, and executed. Join local Salem tour guides Sarah & Jeffrey for a discussion on the life and tragic death of this well-known Salem Witch Trials victim. RESOURCESSix Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials. By Marilynne K. Roach (2013).A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse. By Daniel A. Gagnon (2021).SWP No. 094 Rebecca Nurse. "Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project." https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n94.html"Rebecca Nurse Homestead." Salem Witch Museum. https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/rebecca-nurse-homestead/You know what to do:www.salemthepodcast.comInstagram - @salemthepodcastEmail - hello@salemthepodcast.comYoutube - Salem The PodcastBook a tour with Jeffreywww.btftours.comBook a tour with Sarahwww.bewitchedtours.comIntro/Outro Music from Uppbeat:https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/unfamiliar-facesLicense code: NGSBY7LA1HTVAUJE

Eldest of the three sisters, happily married, mother to eight children and many more grandchildren, and a fully coveted member of the Puritan Church. And yet, Rebecca Nurse found herself at the heart of witchcraft accusations in mid-March of 1692. She was tried, found guilty, and executed. Join local Salem tour guides Sarah & Jeffrey for a discussion on the life and tragic death of this well-known Salem Witch Trials victim.  RESOURCES Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials. By Marilynne K. Roach (2013). A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse. By Daniel A. Gagnon (2021). SWP No. 094 Rebecca Nurse. "Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project." https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n94.html "Rebecca Nurse Homestead." Salem Witch Museum. https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/rebecca-nurse-homestead/ You know what to do: www.salemthepodcast.com Instagram - @salemthepodcast Email - hello@salemthepodcast.com Youtube - Salem The Podcast Book a tour with Jeffrey www.btftours.com Book a tour with Sarah www.bewitchedtours.com Intro/Outro Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/unfamiliar-faces License code: NGSBY7LA1HTVAUJE

This week the Salem Witch Museum is celebrating 50 years of enchanting the community.

On this week's and next week's episode I'm continuing my interview with Rachel Chris-Doane, Director of Education of the Salem Witch Museum. This second part has become the most requested episode ever! I still can't believe I got her on my little ole podcast. And the second part is just as good as the first! So lets get into shall we? Grab yourself a cup of tea, make sure the doors are locked and the sage is close by. I have a story to tell you. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/myhauntedlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myhauntedlife/support

On this week's and next week's episode I'm talking to Rachel Chris-Doane, Director of Education of the Salem Witch Museum. You know the one in the beautiful castle looking structure, that was actually featured in FallOut 4. I still can't believe I got her on my little ole podcast. As you all know I'm a bit of a history nerd, and Rachel absolutely annihilated most of what I thought I knew and taught me so many new things I had no idea about. I have been raving about this interview since it has happened. And I'm so excited to finally get it out to you. We talked long enough that I'm actually going to break it into two episodes so prepare for the first half. So lets get into shall we? Grab yourself a cup of tea, make sure the doors are locked and the sage is close by. I have a story to tell you. If you are interested in more pictures, info, and my sources for this week's episode make sure to check out my website www.myhauntedlifepodcast.com. I promise to get the website updated with all of the info for Salem and the February episodes every soon! If you have a ghost story to share email me at myhauntedlifepodcast@gmail.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/myhauntedlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myhauntedlife/support

The Salem Witch trials are a very dark period in American history. We were joined by Rachel Christ-Doane of the Salem Witch Museum to talk about the history behind the trials as well as its lasting impact on today's culture. Sale Witch Museum:https://salemwitchmuseum.com/All of our links:https://linktr.ee/UnrefinedPodcast

HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Nameless Cults! On today's episode we cover a witchy obscurity that never escaped the VHS era, 1981's The Coming aka Burned at the Stake! Take a virtual trip to the famous Salem Witch Museum! Participate in character assassination of real life historical figures! Learn about bad movie royalty and famous fanboys! This long out-of-print movie is available in full on Youtube and Archive.org! Full list of movies discussed in this episode here: https://letterboxd.com/kenfrankenstein/list/nameless-cults-episode-59-the-coming-aka/

Hello all! We are back in time to do a post for Halloween! So exciting! Anna and Alissa chat about Anna's trip to Salem and Boston (Anna went to the Salem Witch Museum and on a graveyard tour!). Anna lists some of the most haunted places in the Midwest. Alissa walks Anna through the Morbid Curiosity test (google it and see how morbid you are! How do you compare to Anna and Alissa??). Anna tells us about the most likely states to die of an animal attack and boy, does the Midwest show up! Restaurants in Milwaukee, WI have been receiving some very weird postcards and Anna tells us about them. Lastly, we go over the best horror films of 2021. **The title of the episode was part of Anna's story about Paul Reverie that apparently was cut out when our audio decided to go down!

We talked to Rachel Christ-Doane from the Salem Witch Museum about everything witches and the Salem Witch Trials!

Welcome to the What Even Is...? October Spooktacular where we talk about all things mystical, magical, and/or just plain misunderstood. In this episode, host Donna Truong talks with Salem Witch Museum Director of Education Rachel Christ about the Salem Witch Trials. They touch upon the following topics and more:Why did the Salem Witch Trials happenHow did the Salem Witch Trials beginSalem Witch Trial victimsWitch history in the United States and EuropeWhy did the Salem Witch Trials endRachel Christ has received her Bachelor of Arts in History at Clarks University and her Masters of Arts in History and Museum Studies at Tufts University. She currently works as the Director of Education at the Salem Witch Museum.Thank you to Jennifer Nakhai and Kimphuong Nguyen for suggesting this episode!Don't forget to rate, review, and follow this podcast! And, DM us on Instagram or email us at thewhatevenispodcast@gmail.com so you can let us know a topic that makes you wonder "What even is that?"

Stacy Tilney is the Communications Director at the Salem Witch Museum in Salem, MA. The Salem Witch Museum examines one of the most enduring and emotional events in American History…the Salem witch trials of 1692 and provides an immersive look into the events of 1692. Visitors experience the drama of that dark time though thirteen life-size stage sets, figures, lighting and narration as they are witness to the web of lies and intrigue of the Salem witch-hunt. And that's what we were talking about in this archived podcast.  On their website there is an online tour that you can take and it can be found at https://salemwitchmuseum.com/witch-trials-online-tour/. 

Just in time for spooky season, the Cinematic Void Podcast takes a trip to historic Salem, Massachusetts, one of the premiere Halloween destinations in the world. In this episode we chat with Kay Lynch of Salem Horror Fest, Rachel Christ of the Salem Witch Museum, James Lurgio from Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery and vlogger Derek Millen of D-Tours about all things Witch City. Plus Jim and Nick discuss the aftermath of Crypticon and the Void's first screening back to the theatre COBRA.

Join us for a chat with the Salem Witch Museum's Director of Education, Rachel Christ. We talk about (obvi) the Salem Witch Trials, but also the European Witch Trials, The Witch of Endor found in the Bible, Moll Dyer, the W.I.T.C.H. Protest group, and more. We also felt the need to play two songs from our “WITCH” musical during this interview. We are not afraid of strong and powerful women, and in fact celebrate them and their memory here. Enjoy. https://salemwitchmuseum.com https://connerandsmith.myspreadshop.com/ --- 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/connerandsmithshow/message

  Is a trip to Salem, Massachusetts on your bucket list? What do you know about the Salem Witch Trials? In this solo episode, Patrick shares stories of his vacation to New England, including staying at a beautiful 1784 home in Kennebunkport, Maine, touring the Victoria Mansion in Portland, Maine, and of course, Salem. Visit BigSeance.com/193 for more info.   Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 Your host recently took a trip to Kennebunkport, Maine and Salem, Massachusetts :55 Vacationing in Kennebunkport and staying in a beautiful home built in 1784. 2:17 Visiting Portland, Maine and the beautiful and historic Victoria Mansion, also known as the Morse-Libby House. 8:44 Visiting Salem, Massachusetts on the way back to Boston to catch a plane. 11:19 Salem's Old Burial Ground 13:50 Salem Witch Trials Memorial 15:03 Lunch at the Tavern in Salem's historic Hawthorne Hotel 16:00 Salem Witch Museum 17:35 The story of the Salem Witch Trials from SalemWitchMuseum.com 18:30 Witches: Evolving Perceptions from SalemWitchMuseum.com 24:27 Shopping and touring Salem, and Patrick's new favorite coffee cup! 27:30 Visiting the Hocus Pocus film locations in Salem! Old Town Hall and Max and Dani's house! 29:40 COMING SOON! David Kirschner, the creator/writer/producer of Hocus Pocus! Check out the teaser on YouTube! 36:08 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 38:00 Outro 40:00   Music: “Daudir” by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: “Grand Dark Waltz Allegretto” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7920-grand-dark-waltz-allegretto) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the séance!

Zoe and Claire talk to Rachel Christ about the Salem Witch Trials - the accused - the “spectral evidence” used to convict - the pardons granted for all but one of those convicted- the memorial garden - and the “final pardon” - the 21st century legislature to pardon the last person convicted of witchcraft.

[TW: loud scream during intro music! Be careful listening through headphones!]Welcome to Things in Jars After Dark! In this bonus five-part series, museum curators Melissa and Poppy celebrate their love of all things spooky, scary and spine-chilling with the help of some very special guests… In this, our last (*sob*) After Dark episode, we chatted to Rachel Christ, Director of Education at the Salem Witch Museum about all things witchy. What were the Salem witch trials? How do we feel about the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina being cancelled, and were the Sanderson sisters real witches? Rachel answers all our burning questions, and spills the tea on what it's like to live and work in ACTUAL HalloweenTown.Thanks for listening! We’re posting new After Dark episodes every Saturday in October, alongside our regular Thursday episodes. Many thanks to Rachel and the Salem Witch Museum for taking part. Visit their website here: https://salemwitchmuseum.comHave a look at our BRAND NEW MERCH! https://teespring.com/stores/thingsinjarspodcastFind us: Instagram @ThingsinJarsPodcast // Twitter @ThingsinJarsPodScream in intro created by: https://www.youtube.com/user/AderuMoroSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/thingsinjarspodcastSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/thingsinjarspodcast)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thingsinjarspodcast)

Ross and Carrie pay some online psychics to channel their energy as the psychics drink tea and then read the patterns they find in the remaining leaves at the bottom of the cup. It’s the age-old fortune telling strategy known as tea leaf reading, and it has finally hit the internet! Plus, they learn how to do their own readings, thanks to the Salem Witch Museum.For pics and videos, follow us on Facebook or Twitter!

Juliet Prather (@juliet.prayther on IG) joins us to discuss The Salem Witch Museum, Nietzsche, Ursula Le Guin, The Death Valley Germans, Meditation, and more!

Mark sits down with Rachel Christ, the Director of Education at The Salem Witch Museum for a spooky-scary episode chronicling the events that surrounded the Salem Witch Trials, and our country's never-ending love of Elizabeth Montgomery. To find out more about The Salem Witch Museum, check this out: https://salemwitchmuseum.com And find them on social media @thesalemwitchmuseum Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter @historybuffspod Any questions or suggestions for future episodes? Email us! We want to hear from you (unless it's mean, keep that crap to yourself) historybuffspod@gmail.com Follow our amazingly talented friends who helped with our artwork and music on social media: Darien Shulman (composer) @dss_music John Nguyen (artwork) @viettriet

Lane (once again) rambles about his love for Dolly Parton & feminism. Ryan has picked up several new hobbies (renovating a van!) The Salem Witch Museum is a museum in Salem, MA about the Witch Trials of 1692. The museum is based on the actual documents of the trials. In our conversation with the museum, we discuss how witch hunts were a result of fear & surface in other instances throughout history. Learn more about the museum: https://salemwitchmuseum.com/

The Salem Brim Trials #34. Within Brim's Skin -- Brimstone is joined by his wingman for the episode, Tom Greer (The Grindhouse Radio) as they discuss everything Salem and why everyone should schedule a visit. Brim and his wife Danielle had a weekend get-a-way to Salem and Boston, celebrating their 10 year wedding anniversary. Brim explains why Haunted Happenings is the best resource for a visit to the Disneyland of the dead and explains why the Salem Witch Museum has been a staple location in the area for decades. Brim talks about why you should take the Salem Trolley ride, and why if you're a fan of the horror genre - Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery is for you. He explains why Bit Bar is the place to be for some old school gaming action, and why if you haven't dined at Finz Seafood and Grill - you're doing it all wrong. Brim offers the tips you need on the tours to take, like Black Cat Tours and the Witch Dungeon Museum. He also gives a rundown on a few hot spots in Boston including the skinny on Trattoria Il Panino and Fenway Park. Essentially, he explains what get's Within Brim's Skin.

The Salem Brim Trials #34. Within Brim's Skin -- Brimstone is joined by his wingman for the episode, Tom Greer (The Grindhouse Radio) as they discuss everything Salem and why everyone should schedule a visit. Brim and his wife Danielle had a weekend get-a-way to Salem and Boston, celebrating their 10 year wedding anniversary. Brim explains why Haunted Happenings is the best resource for a visit to the Disneyland of the dead and explains why the Salem Witch Museum has been a staple location in the area for decades. Brim talks about why you should take the Salem Trolley ride, and why if you're a fan of the horror genre - Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery is for you. He explains why Bit Bar is the place to be for some old school gaming action, and why if you haven't dined at Finz Seafood and Grill - you're doing it all wrong. Brim offers the tips you need on the tours to take, like Black Cat Tours and the Witch Dungeon Museum. He also gives a rundown on a few hot spots in Boston including the skinny on Trattoria Il Panino and Fenway Park. Essentially, he explains what get's Within Brim's Skin.

The Salem Brim Trials #34. Within Brim's Skin -- Brimstone is joined by his wingman for the episode, Tom Greer (The Grindhouse Radio) as they discuss everything Salem and why everyone should schedule a visit. Brim and his wife Danielle had a weekend get-a-way to Salem and Boston, celebrating their 10 year wedding anniversary. Brim explains why Haunted Happenings is the best resource for a visit to the Disneyland of the dead and explains why the Salem Witch Museum has been a staple location in the area for decades. Brim talks about why you should take the Salem Trolley ride, and why if you're a fan of the horror genre - Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery is for you. He explains why Bit Bar is the place to be for some old school gaming action, and why if you haven't dined at Finz Seafood and Grill - you're doing it all wrong. Brim offers the tips you need on the tours to take, like Black Cat Tours and the Witch Dungeon Museum. He also gives a rundown on a few hot spots in Boston including the skinny on Trattoria Il Panino and Fenway Park. Essentially, he explains what get's Within Brim's Skin.

This week Siofra adventures across the pond to Salem, Massachusetts. She has a chat about Bridget Bishop and her life in Salem with Rachel Christ, Director of Education at the Salem Witch Museum and Jill Christiansen, Assistant Director of Education at Salem Witch Museum.

Whether you are comic book reader, a fan of classic rock or both, my guest today is both the writer of a new comic book and professional in the music business. Jeff Rougvie is the author of the revenge fantasy, Gunning For Hits being released through Image Comics January 9th, the day after David Bowie’s birthday.  Why is its proximity to David Bowie birthday significant? Well, Jeff Rougvie worked at Rykodisc as their A&R and Special Projects employee. His first task was to obtain the rights to David Bowie’s 1969-1980 catalogue of music. He produced the Grammy Award winning Sound + Vision box set and the remaining Bowie disc re-releases, which for the first time included bonus tracks, through Rykodisc. Jeff was fortunate to spent time with David Bowie in person. It was his experiences with Bowie and his knowledge of the music business that inspired him to write Gunning for Hits. What did Jeff learn about David Bowie that surprised him?  Even though they are not considered “cool” among music listeners today, why does Jeff think their will be a CD revival in the future like the vinyl lp one today? Why do bands re-record their most popular songs? Are they just double dipping? What are Jeff thoughts the resurrection of deceased musical artists as holograms for live concert performances? We also discuss the artist of Gunning For Hits, Moritat and the excellent sequence in the first issue that explains record contracts Among the fun questions I ask my guest, we discuss our shared memory of the Salem Witch Museum.   David Bowie track samples include: Loving the Alien Time Will Crawl (MM remix) Space Oddity (Demo) Sound and Vision (1991 Remixed Version)   This episode is sponsored The Comic Book Shop, where comics as for everyone http://www.thecomicbookshop.com/   More about Jeff Rougvie: http://www.jeffrougvie.com/biography/   About Gunning For Hits: gunningforhits.com. https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/gunning-for-hits-1   Please take a moment to rate Creator Talks on iTunes: http://apple.co/2Cq9ygK

Rachel Christ is the Director of Education at the Salem Witch Museum. We met at the museum for a great discussion about the history of witchcraft, the Salem crisis in context with the witch hunts in Europe, and modern witch hunts, as well as many other things. For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com

In our first minisode, Claire shares her experience at the Salem Witch Museum.

This week on StoryWeb: Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. Last week, I featured Kathleen Kent’s fascinating novel The Heretic’s Daughter, which tells the story of Martha Carrier, Kent’s ninth great-grandmother, who was hanged as a witch in 1692 as part of the Salem Witch Trials. Fourteen women and six men were executed as suspected witches, one by being “pressed” to death with large stones, the rest by hanging. Many theories have been offered over the centuries for this heinous treatment of Salemites by their neighbors. What originally began as hysterical accusations by young girls quickly swept Salem and surrounding villages. Neighbors pointed fingers at neighbors, often those whom against they had long held grudges. No one was safe. American playwright Arthur Miller – who was born 101 years ago today – saw parallels between the Salem Witch Trials and the McCarthy communism hearings of the 1950s, which came to be known as “witch hunts.” Led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, the hearings targeted numerous people McCarthy claimed were Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the U.S. federal government and in other circles. Miller – himself convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to name others who had been at meetings he had attended – knew all too well how accusers could band together, circle the wagons, and exclude and point fingers at those whom they feared. As Americans from all walks of life were called in to testify before the House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities, they were grilled not only about their own suspected Communist activities but – even more frighteningly – asked to name names. Who among their relatives, friends, and acquaintances did they suspect of being disloyal to the United States? The McCarthy witch hunts particularly targeted Hollywood and other areas of the arts. Producers, directors, screenwriters, composers, writers, and far too many actors to name were accused of being Communist sympathizers. And in 1950s America, branding someone as a Communist sympathizer was indeed equivalent to the Puritans targeting a neighbor as a witch. Well-known performers and artists who were “blacklisted” include Charlie Chaplin, Burl Ives, Langston Hughes, Aaron Copland, Paul Robeson, Will Geer (of “The Waltons”), and even Arthur Miller himself. In many cases, their careers were destroyed forever. You can see a full list of the many creatives who were blacklisted on Wikipedia. It was impossible not to see the striking similarities between the Salem Witch Trials and the McCarthy hearings. So when Arthur Miller sat down to write The Crucible in the early 1950s, he set himself the task of uncovering the reasons why human beings would turn on each other in such a brutal way. Why point the finger at a neighbor or friend, knowing full well that doing so could cost the neighbor her life or land the friend in prison? To his credit, Miller never says in his play that he has the McCarthy hearings in mind or that he is drawing parallels between his time and the Puritan era. Instead, The Crucible is presented entirely as a historical piece. But given the time and world in which Miller wrote, it is impossible not to see the stark connection. You can learn more about the background to the writing of the play in Arthur Miller’s outstanding New Yorker article, “Why I Wrote The Crucible: An Artist’s Answers to Politics.” Writing The Crucible was, Miller says, “an act of desperation.” He says: By 1950, when I began to think of writing about the hunt for Reds in America, I was motivated in some great part by the paralysis that had set in among many liberals who, despite their discomfort with the inquisitors' violations of civil rights, were fearful, and with good reason, of being identified as covert Communists if they should protest too strongly. To create the play, Miller read Charles W. Upham's 1867 two-volume study of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. In 1952, Miller went to Salem and read transcripts of the trials. He discovered in John Proctor an outspoken critic of the Salem court, which had decided to admit "spectral evidence" as proof of guilt. Miller saw parallels: as in his own time, he said, “the question was not the acts of an accused but his thoughts and intentions.” Despite his extensive historical research, Miller’s dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials is just that – a dramatization. Much of the play is based on historical research, but some of the key dramatic elements are fictionalized. The protagonist of the play is John Proctor, one of the men who was executed in 1692, and his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, was also accused of practicing witchcraft. It is unlikely, however, that John Proctor had an affair with Abigail Williams. In 1692, she was eleven or twelve years old, while Proctor was sixty when he was hung. What rings true, however, is John Proctor’s vocal opposition to the witch trials: the historical John Proctor was strongly opposed to the trials and was especially dismissive of the “spectral evidence” used in the trials. To learn more about the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, you can visit the Salem Witch Museum or explore an interactive online exhibit at National Geographic. An extensive collection of historical resources can be found at the 17th Century Colonial New England website. For a critical view of The Crucible and its questionable presentation of historical fact, see Margo Burns’s essay “Arthur Miller’s The Crucible: Fact and Fiction (or Picky, Picky, Picky).” You can learn more about Arthur Miller’s personal experience with the McCarthy hearings at the BBC’s “On This Day” website. Ready to experience the play for yourself? If there’s not currently a production near you, you might consider reading the stage play. Better yet, check out the 1996 film adaptation of The Crucible, which was written by Arthur Miller himself. It is an excellent way to experience the play. Daniel Day-Lewis’s portrayal of John Proctor is compelling indeed, bringing to vivid life Miller’s hero who must decide, in the end, what his name and reputation mean. Visit thestoryweb.com/miller for links to all these resources and to watch a clip from the film adaptation of The Crucible. The featured scene shows the hysteria of the court, the pressure to point fingers at others, and John Proctor’s refusal to confess himself to be in league with the Devil.

Living on Bostons North Shore, I decided it was time to take the etravelogue.com gang on a tour of one my favorite places Salem, MA. With its rich seafaring history, the infamous Witch Trials of 1692 and the home of great American author Nathaniel Hawthorne Salem has a little bit of everything.Join me on a tour of the Witch City as we visit the Salem Witch Museum, the House of Seven Gables and what Halloween in Salem is all about.Websites:http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com http://www.witchdungeon.com http://www.7gables.comhttp://www.hauntedhappenings.com Be sure to stop by our site and suggest attractions that you think we should cover on the program!Listen to this issue

On this week's 51%, it's witching hour. We speak with a Massachusetts state senator about a bill to exonerate a woman convicted during the Salem witch trials. Author Kate Laity teaches us about the history of magic, and we also speak with author and podcaster Pam Grossman about modern witchcraft, and why witches are a feminist icon. Guests: Massachusetts State Senator Diana DiZoglio; Rachel Christ-Doane, director of education at the Salem Witch Museum; Kate Laity; Pam Grossman, author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. Our producer is Jesse King, our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's issues and stories. Thanks for joining us, I'm Jesse King. The spooky season is upon us, and it's one of my favorite times of the year. It means pumpkins, apple cider, leaf-peeping — and in upstate New York — a nice reprieve from the humidity of summer before diving into what is usually the months-long chill of winter. It also, of course, means Halloween, and growing up my go-to costume was a witch. I was a witch probably four or five times before I switched over to vampires and the occasional Little Red Riding Hood. Either I was ahead of the curve, or things really haven't changed, because despite the popularity of shows like Squid Game and the latest offerings from Marvel, Google's “Frightgeist” still predicts the most popular Halloween costume in 2021 will be the good, old-fashioned witch. So today we're talking about witches: why they're so popular, what modern witchcraft looks like, and how we got here, because the history of witches in the U.S. can certainly be a difficult read. And where else would we start other than the Salem witch trials? Every year, crowds flock to Salem, Massachusetts to learn more about the 1692, hysterical witch hunt and trials that left 20 people dead. More than 300 years later, groups are still trying to clear the names of everyone convicted. Democratic State Senator Diana DiZoglio is behind the latest bill, S.1016, to clear the name of Elizabeth Johnson Jr. "Actually, I heard about Elizabeth Johnson Jr. from a North Andover middle school class. Their teacher, Carrie LaPierre, had reached out to me and said that she and her students had been talking about somebody who was accused during the Salem witch trials," says DiZoglio. "She had never actually had her named cleared, unfortunately, even though all the others had actually had their names cleared. And I decided to file this bill at the request of the North Andover middle school students." Johnson was born around 1670 and lived in a part of Andover that's considered North Andover today. DiZoglio says S. 1016 would officially exonerate Johnson, adding her name to a resolve in Massachusetts general law that acknowledges that, while the Salem witch trials were lawful at the time, the laws by which they operated have long been abandoned. Until then, however, Johnson is technically the last remaining witch from the trials. There's been a lot of speculation about what really caused the Salem witch trials in the first place — whether there were actually "witches," whether the accusers were outright lying, or whether they suffered from a neurological illness called “conversion disorder,” caused by extreme psychological stress. To learn more, I got the chance to speak with Rachel Christ-Doane, the director of education at the Salem Witch Museum. She says a combination of factors had already put the community under a lot of pressure. "It's a pretty chaotic time in Salem Village, and also if we can zoom out, just Massachusetts Bay Colony, generally speaking. Salem Village was in the process of trying to separate from Salem Town in the early 1670s. They had been granted the right to have their own parish, which was a big step towards independence — they could attend to their you know, weekly church meetings a little closer to home. But a factional crisis erupted pretty early on, where half the village likes a ministerial candidate, the other half hates them, and they fight and they fight until they drive that candidate out of town, essentially," Christ-Doane explains. "By this point, they're on their fourth minister whose name is Samuel Paris. And he is kind of, you know, not the best in terms of smoothing over the factional divide. He's a very incendiary figure in and of itself. They're fighting about what his salary should be, he's demanding more. It's basically this kind of mess, you know, in the months leading up to January of 1692. So basically what starts it all is, in the home of Samuel Paris, we see his daughter and his niece become very ill. So their names are Betty Paris, who's 9 years old, and Abigail Williams, she's 11 years old. Betty and Abigail are falling to the ground. They're screaming, they're clutching their heads. They're making animal noises, and nobody can quite figure out what is wrong with the girls. So essentially, they try all the traditional remedies — there's a month of fasting and prayer and things like that. They call in the village doctor, and he looks at the girls and he says, 'I don't have a medical explanation for what's going on here. It looks to me like this is the work of the devil. This is bewitchment.' And that's really what kicks off the witchcraft trials, because now they need to find the witches who are in the community, who are supposedly tormenting these young girls." Christ-Doane says the Salem Witch Trials officially took place between June and September of 1692, and anywhere from 150 to 200 people from Salem and its surrounding communities were accused of witchcraft around this time. She says the accused could be any age, race or gender, but at the beginning, at least, they were mostly people who, for one reason or another, didn't fit in with the rest of society: women who were particularly outspoken, who fought publicly with their husbands, or older "spinsters," thought to be a burden on the community. Johnson was one of 28 people in her family to face accusations, including her mother, multiple aunts, and grandfather. Christ-Doane says the political landscape in Massachusetts only contributed to the frenzy. The colony was rewriting its laws and choosing officials as it worked through a new charter, and with alleged witches filling the jails in Essex County, Governor Sir William Phipps created an emergency court to oversee the trials, called the Court of Oyer and Terminer. "So essentially, they're told, do what you think is best. You know, base your decisions on English common law and English precedent, but do what you think is right, and what the situation demands. And that, unfortunately, leads to devastating consequences," Christ-Doane adds. "In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, you have the afflicted — so the girls who are supposedly being tormented by witchcraft — in the room, screaming, falling to the ground, claiming they're being tormented by the devil. And you as the accused have to defend yourself against this sea of writhing witnesses. And the really destructive decision that's made by the Court of Oyer and Terminer is their choice to accept something called spectral evidence. Spectral evidence is essentially based on the idea that a witch could theoretically project a spectral version of themselves, a ghostly version of themselves, out of their physical body that could go off across large distances and torment. And the victims of a spectral attack were the only ones who could see the specter. And so that means, if you were accused of witchcraft [and] standing before this court, you could have the witnesses pointing up to the rafters saying, 'I see the specter of Rebecca Nurse up on the ceiling. You can't see her, but I can, and that's how I know she's a witch.' And that was being used as enough evidence to convict and warrant executions during the Salem witch trials." Ultimately, 20 people were executed for witchcraft: 19 of them hanged, and another tortured to death. Johnson confessed to being a witch and was sentenced to death in 1963, but by then public opinion on the trials had soured. Christ-Doane says almost everyone in Salem had either spent time in jail, or knew someone in jail, and with his own wife among the accused, Governor Phipps disbanded the Court of Oyer and Terminer in October 1962. Johnson's execution was avoided, and she ultimately died an old woman in 1747, at the age of about 77. Christ-Doane says the Salem witch trials were the largest and harshest witch trials between England and its colonies — but they were far from the first. Ironically, being called a witch was sometimes more hazardous than the feared wrath of a witch. But it wasn't always that way. “Witch history” is hard to pin down, because quite frankly, belief in magic and people with magical abilities has existed for thousands of years, across nearly every culture — and each culture's definition of a witch is constantly evolving. But there was a time when magic was looked at a little more kindly. I got the chance to speak with Kate Laity, an award-winning author of several books spanning a range of genres, including Chastity Flame, Dream Book, How to Be Dull, and more. She also produces two audio programs, and while splitting her time between Hudson, New York, and Scotland, she teaches at the College of Saint Rose in Albany. She particularly specializes in medieval studies and literature. What prompted the start of witch trials in Europe? Well, especially in the Middle Ages, healing charms, for example — that we would see as sort of magic and not science — they would have seen as effective ways to deal with various kinds of health problems or other problems. There are a lot of journey charms, so you don't become injured or lost or imperiled on your journey. And there are of course, charms against having your cattle stolen. Again, if you think in old English, the word for "cattle" is also the word for "wealth." So this is a way of saying, "Don't steal my stuff." This is something that begins to change in the Middle Ages, where you have sort of two strands. There's the sort of folk magic that most people would be familiar with, and which, you know, continued from pre-Christian times into Christian times, because you just adapted it to the new belief. So instead of maybe praying to this or that god, you would just pray to the Christian God, and you would have masses said over — you know, there's a wonderful charm for when a field is not producing enough, where you take a piece of it out, and you do a variety of things to it, but then you take it to the church to be blessed, and you pour milk and honey and all these things into the ground, and then you put it back down. That's a way of restoring the kind of regenerative power that the field should have. But what you also have is a kind of learned magic that is practiced amongst the clergy, which is, you know, the monks who are reading all these books, and many of them during the Crusades, for example, a lot of books were coming up from the middle east through Spain, and a lot of books that were mathematics and more learning kinds of magic that were more about conjuration, about dealing with necromancy and talking to the dead, which was something that was completely alien to the average person. One scholar, Michael Bailey, argues that in the late Middle Ages, these things kind of get overlapped in a way that matters, because people in power were beginning to worry about unorthodox behaviors within the Church. And this is what in the early modern period — not the medieval, in the early modern period — you start to get the witch hunts. How common were witch hunts. I mean, we talked about the Salem witch trials, but worldwide, how common were they? We find this in in many of those occasions where there are sort of pressures on the society that people don't have a way of coping with — instances that, you might just say, are acts of God. But the way that people respond to them is, "Somebody's got to pay. Somebody's got to be to blame for this." So, "Well, she's a witch, or he's a witch." And again, depending on the region — we're accustomed to associating witches with women, but in some areas in European history, in Finland and in Iceland, the greater part of the accusations were against men. And part of that is to do with very long histories of gendered magic in Iceland and Finland, where there's magic practice by men and magic practice by women, and they're quite distinct. How are they different? Especially in Iceland, which I'll talk about as its at the top of my mind, women's magic tends to be focused much more on prognostication. So they can see, they can see what is coming or they can see what has happened. Men and women both are able to read dreams. And one of the interesting aspects of Norse Mythology is that the figure of Odin is one of the few that practices both —what is considered the male magic and the feminine magic. Where does the word "witch" come from? The word witches is a very, very old English word. People will say it has to do with bending, it has nothing to do with bending. That's a completely different word root. And what it has to do with is witchcraft. We have the earliest attestation of it in Old English. I mean, this is in the oldest versions of English, and it comes from an Indo-European root, but it's always meant exactly that. And that's where the word "wicca," which many people will be familiar with, is just the old English word for witch. There's "wicca" with an A and "wicce" with an E. So we have a masculine and feminine version of it, but it's the same word. So obviously, during these times, you've got people being accused of witchcraft. But is it common for people to identify like, "I am a witch?" Well, probably not at the time they were being accused. I mean, you would have women who might be practiced in certain arts, that they're able to heal people. Maybe they have a knowledge of herbs that's been handed down, usually these things are handed down within families or learned from somebody else older. And so they have abilities to do this. And of course, the idea of cursing is something that's always probably been with us too. And if you look at the long history of magic, it's fascinating how many of these tangible forms [exist] — especially when you're angry, a lot of magic is about anger, because it comes from the idea of people who want something to happen, and don't feel they have any power to be able to make it happen. And so if you look in ancient Greek and Roman cultures, we have all these lead tablets with curses written on them. We'll still find somebody being cursed to this day because their tablet has been found, and we don't always know who these people were, but somebody was obviously really mad that day. Do you identify as a witch? Usually, it depends on the mood. But yes, in large part because I've got all this history in my mind, and I see a great power in claiming that name. And also as a way of thinking about how you approach the world. I mean, part of this is tied to to my creative work — not only writing, but also art and music that I do, that it comes from this idea of reenchanting the world and and finding that magic in everyday life. So how did we go from the Salem witch trials, to the top of the rankings on Frightgeist? And beyond costumes and All Hallow's Eve: for years now, if you search for information on witchcraft, you'll find articles signalling its rise. More and more people, of all genders, are actively identifying themselves as witches, with estimates putting the number at around 1.5 million witches in the U.S. Nowadays, you can buy professional witch services online, from tarot readings to rituals. You can have supplies for spells delivered right to your door. Witches are social media influencers, they're authors and podcasters, they're activists and symbols of feminine power. They might don the black hat and carry around a broom when they feel like it - but they're also your coworker, and your neighbor. Pam Grossman has written and contributed to several books on witchcraft, including her 2019 book, Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power, and her new release with Jessica Hundley, titled simply, Witchcraft. Since 2017, she's also been the host of the popular podcast, The Witch Wave, for which Vulture dubbed her, “the Terry Gross of witches.” I asked her why witches seem to be having their moment, and she says it's really been hundreds of years in the making. How did the perception of witches change to what we see today? Well, we first start to see a more sympathetic look at witches, really, in the 19th century. There were writers such as a French writer named Jules Michelet, who wrote a book called La Sorciere in the middle of the 19th century, who was following a lot of other scholars who were starting to look back at the witch hunts with a more sympathetic lens. It wasn't an always historically accurate lens, mind you, but you know, people would start to look back at the witch hunt and say, "Hey, wait a second. It was mostly women who were targeted? And what was it about these women that made them such a threat to the Church?" And so, you know, around that time, you'll see writers who talk about witches as these oppressed, but truly powerful, women who had access to these brilliant minds or some kind of supernatural intuition or some kind of magic power. And aren't those women amazing? And they shouldn't have been persecuted, according to those 19th century writers. As we now know, you know, those people who were killed for being witches probably were not actually witches, or probably did not see themselves as witches. However, that sympathetic notion of a witch being this oppressed woman who has access to some divine feminine energy is a very romantic notion, that feminists took up in the 20th century. And so we really start to see people choose to call themselves witches in the 20th century, certainly with second wave feminism, but also with the rise of Wicca, which is a modern religion that was largely founded by a gentleman in England named Gerald Gardner. And the Wiccan movement is a whole very interesting thread to this story, too. In your book, you say that you've used the word "witch" to signify that you're a feminist. Can you go into a little bit about what you mean by that? Well, I think both the word "witch" and the word "feminist" are highly charged words. And they are words that point to having access to some kind of power, or some kind of agency that is connected to the feminine. And so the words are not interchangeable, but for me, and many other witches, they are interrelated. Because witches usually represent an antithesis to the patriarchy. They represent everything that is othered in society — and that can be having a feminine body, or a body of color, or a trans body. It can be having access to some kind of intuitive power or other worldly power that I believe can coexist happily with science and medicine. Certainly not the same as those things, and can be considered an alternative or a supplement or complement to those more mainstream practices. But for me, the two words are very deeply woven together. So what does being a witch look like to you? Because one thing I've learned is that everyone seems to have their own interpretation. Yes. One of the wonderful things about modern witchcraft is that there is no one path and it's decentralized. In other words, there's no pope of witchcraft. There's no one book that one has to read in order to call oneself a witch. And so you're right, for every witch you ask, you are going to have a different answer about why they consider themselves a witch, or how their witchcraft practice works. In my case, I am Pagan. I was raised Jewish, so when I'm being cheeky, I sometimes call myself "Jewwitch." But, you know, being a practicing Pagan essentially means that I am celebrating the different changing of the seasons. I am celebrating different phases of the moon. I have an altar where I connect with what I call capital S Spirit, and that can take the shape of various deities, who symbolize different aspects of that Spirit. And it also means that I do cast spells and engage in rituals that are deeply meaningful and transformative for me. When did you realize you're a witch? Or at least when did you start getting more into it? So I definitely considered myself kind of magical since I was a child. I had these woods in my backyard, and I would play outside like a lot of kids do and, you know, cast spells and commune with different spirits and so on. Or at least I imagined that I was. But it wasn't until I was a teenager and discovered witchcraft books and the occult section of the library in different bookstores and New Age shops, that I really learned that witchcraft was something that you didn't have to pretend that you were engaging in. That there's actually a long history of people who have practiced some form of witchcraft. You'll actually hear that a lot — that the teen years are a time that a lot of people turn towards witchcraft. And I think it's no coincidence, because it's also a time of life when we're coming into our own power, our own identity, and looking for ways to feel like we have more agency in our lives — at a time when we don't, in a lot of ways. We still have to answer to our teachers and parents and peers. And then along comes this practice that says, "You have power right now. You know, you have access to something bigger than yourself, even as a 13-year-old. And for me, learning about witchcraft as a teenager was an incredibly positive thing. For those who might be interested in learning more, where should they start? You mentioned that you started a lot by just reading books. Oh my goodness, there are so many books on witchcraft now, it's a real feast. But it can also be overwhelming for people because they don't know where to start. So you know, there are certainly wonderful books that came out when the second wave of feminism was cresting here in the U.S. that I still think have value. One such book is The Spiral Dance by Starhawk, who really is one of the pioneers of earth-based and Goddess-based witchcraft here in the U.S. And that book still stands the test of time, I think there's a lot of beauty there. And also the same year that that book came out, which is 1979, is a book called Drawing Down the Moon, by actually a radio journalist who was also a Wiccan priestess, named Margot Adler. And this is a wonderful overview just on the history of the witchcraft movement, and all of the different groups that have made up this movement over the years. So those two are really great foundational texts. But then in terms of casting spells, just go to a bookstore and figure out what's calling to you, you know, we've all had that experience of picking up a book and just kind of getting that rush of excitement or, or feeling like it's a homecoming. So whatever book gives you that feeling is the right book to start with. Are there a simpler spells and charms that are good for beginners? Ooh, that's a that's a really lovely question. Certainly, candle magic is a simple way of casting a spell, and it's one of the most accessible. You don't even have to get a fancy special candle at a witchcraft store, you can get any old candle at a grocery store, and as long as you're putting your intentions into it, there's a good chance it's going to be really effective for you. Overall, what do you think people misunderstand about witches? I think one of the most common misconceptions is that if you are a witch, that means you have to reject what other religion of origin you might have been raised with. And that's simply not true. Yes, there are some people who were raised with a religion that they might have found oppressive or even harmful, and so they might reject that religion and turn towards witchcraft. But that is not everyone's story. There are Christian witches and Jewish witches and Buddhist witches and Hindu witches and Muslim witches and so on. So, being a witch can absolutely be complimentary to other spiritual paths that you might be walking. The other most common misconception, which I almost hesitate to bring up, because it's really bad PR, is the notion that witchcraft is somehow affiliated with the Devil and diabolism. And nothing could be further from the truth. Most witches are incredibly loving, kind, nature-worshipping, or at least nature-honoring, people. And the reason that people sometimes associate witchcraft with some kind of evil comes right out of the time of the witch hunts. You know, we're talking the 15th-17th centuries in Europe, and later here in what became the United States. And that is when this idea that witches were devil-worshipping and sexually deviant and murderous, and all of the horrible things and reasons [came about], that they use to rationalize killing innocent people. Unfortunately, those stories and those horrific beliefs are still sometimes with us today. We do see that in discriminatory practices against people who identify as witches, and there are still witch hunts that happen around the world today. Literal witch hunts. It's deeply, deeply damaging and couldn't be further from the truth. Looking back on the Salem witch trials, as Grossman noted, most of those accused probably weren't actually witches. Lying by confessing to witchcraft and turning in other “witches” increased one's odds of avoiding execution. Some of the convicted eventually petitioned for exoneration in the 1700s, and up until the early 2000s, various groups have worked to redeem those who remain. But how did Elizabeth Johnson Jr. get left out? How did we get here? State Senator Diana DiZoglio says, unlike some of the others who were wrongfully convicted, Johnson didn't have any descendants to push for her exoneration. She never married, she had no children, and some historians have suggested that she may have been mentally disabled. DiZoglio says it could still take a while for Bill 1016 to make its way through the Massachusetts Senate, but she's optimistic it'll pass - and it's good for all parties involved. "You know, this is something that's a matter of equality and making sure that justice is served. I commend these students for taking their civic education course to the next level," says DiZoglio. "This is something that demonstrates their ability to speak up and be a voice for the voiceless, and I think that that carries over into all different issues that they're going to be able to advocate for going forward. And I think it demonstrates that, no matter how young [you are], you can make a difference." You've been listening to 51%. 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. I have so many people to thank for this episode: State Senator Diana DiZoglio, Rachel Christ-Doane with the Salem Witch Museum, Kate Laity, Pam Grossman, our executive producer, Dr. Alan Chartock, and of course you for tuning in. On social media, we're on Twitter and Instagram at @51percentradio. Let us know what you think, and if you have a story you'd like to share as well. Until next week, I'm Jesse King for 51%.