A spiritual crisis grips the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692 that results in the deaths of twenty-five people and effectively ended a budding American theocracy. Remarkable Providences dives deep into the climate of purity and resentment that generated one of the most enduring–and misunderstood–American myths. Kate Devorak, a former Salem tour guide and current Salem nerd, takes us through the story of how fear, greed, prejudice, and zeal caused a community to nearly destroy itself from the ...
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The history of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials told through music and story-telling in a format recalling an old time radio drama with a modern experimental prog-rock twist. Witch Hunt borrows freely from original sources of information from the time of the trials such as letters, books, poems, transcriptions of the trials themselves, as well as melodies from the Puritan hymn books. The music is highly original art-rock ranging from soft ambient soundscapes to heavy power riffs with many other s ...
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https://www.patreon.com/Witch_Hunt The three suspected witches are now in custody in Salem Village and are publicly examined by colonial magistrates at the Meeting House. The first two suspects, local beggar woman Sarah Good and the scandalous but frail Sarah Osborn, deny being witches and blame others. The third suspect, Rev. Parris' Native Americ…
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https://www.patreon.com/Witch_Hunt The hysterical and violent fits of the young girls in Salem Village spreads from the family of Minister Samuel Parris to that of Thomas Putnam, the head household of one of the most powerful families in the village. When Elizabeth Hubbard, niece of the local doctor, begins to have fits the door is opened for legal…
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As the state intervenes more and more in the witch crisis, we learn why it was allowed to spiral out of control. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidencesBy The Whisperforge
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We're excited to bring you the latest product of The Whisperforge! ROGUE RUNNERS is an actual play podcast which adapts your favorite games and other media to tabletop RPGs: delivering collaborative, improvised narratives blended with gorgeous audio storytelling. Volume 1: “In the Blood” parodies roguelike HADES while playing it as a 5th Edition D&…
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Samuel Parris dodges a bullet as the town declares George Burroughs the worst minister Salem's ever had. The crisis claims its first victim. We'd like to thank The Iron Heel for their support! Check them out wherever you get your podcasts. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidenc…
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CW: This episode contains brief mentions of suicide at approx. 24:20-24:27 Accusations spread like a plague, or a haunted fog. Nehemiah Abbot gets off in front of everyone. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidencesBy The Whisperforge
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Abigail Hobbs wants to live deliciously. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidencesBy The Whisperforge
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https://www.patreon.com/Witch_Hunt During the extremely cold winter of 1692 an intense frustration has been building in Salem Village, a small farming community up the road from the more prosperous and worldly port city of Salem Town. Many factors are coalescing into a perfect storm: the repressive nature of the Calvinistic Puritan church, the limi…
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Unlocked: Remarkable Providences: After Dark 02
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We're taking a bit of a break to finish this season of Remarkable Providences, so we're bringing you another episode of our Patreon side-podcast, Remarkable Providences: After Dark! You can get a whole season of episodes with any contribution to our Patreon!By The Whisperforge
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Mary Warren's note tried to make things in Salem better. They got much, much worse. Especially for her. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidencesBy The Whisperforge
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As nights grow towards their darkest, we humbly supplant our usual content slot to an episode of our Patreon-exclusive dive into the 2014 WGN America series Salem. It's a bit like the Witch Trials, if (it's almost entirely unlike them, but) it had sPoOoKy and sexy real witches around your Cottons Mather and Johns Alden, kinda like Riverdale meets S…
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The villagers begin to question the validity of the witch panic. Meanwhile, John Proctor's desire to pummel little girls is only matched by Kate's desire to pummel Arthur Miller. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidencesBy The Whisperforge
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We're back with a new batch of stories from the most toxic church group in all of American history (which is saying something). If you're new, start at episode 1. Accusers set their eye on a bedridden grandma. Also, they arrest a four-year-old for being in league with the Devil, and if you've met any kids that age, you would too! We use levity to k…
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https://www.patreon.com/Witch_Hunt Samuel Parris takes on the job as minister to Salem Village, a marginalized farming community split by rivalry and controversy. Salem Village is overshadowed by the larger and much more prosperous Salem Town, one of the two largest towns in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The colony is ruled by the Puritans, who hav…
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https://www.patreon.com/Witch_Hunt This is the story of an Arawak woman called Tituba: how she was kidnapped by the English from South America when she was just a young girl and enslaved. Growing up on a plantation in Barbados, she absorbed multiple cultural influences from her fellow enslaved Africans and her English mistress. Her inner world beco…
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12: Are You A Good Putnam Or A Bad Putnam?
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In this season finale, we explore the family at the heart of the 1692 trials, and learn some valuable lessons, like: don't sue your family members 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidencesBy The Whisperforge
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We try to understand what Puritanism is, and what it isn't, while the people of Salem turn on one of their inner circle. Benjamin Franklin's aunt throws a shoe. This episode features the voice of Chad Ellis. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences…
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Panic increases as the accusers hone in on a new target, shocking the village. An old face returns to Salem. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidencesBy The Whisperforge
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Heads up for some graphic depictions of colonial violence at 04:30-05:05 and 13:30-14:15. War haunts the Puritans of Salem. Trapped by their own hand in an endless cycle of bloody conflict against indigenous people, their conception of a Satanic enemy blurs with their image of the people they slaughter by the hundreds. Are the Puritans the bad guys…
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While Tituba fights for her life from the witness stand, we take a step back to discuss slavery. What fun! 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidencesBy The Whisperforge
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The town sits back and eats popcorn while three women fight for their lives against an imaginary charge they cannot refute. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidencesBy The Whisperforge
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06: What We Talk About When We Talk About Witches
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This week, we're taking a deeper look at what Puritans mean by "witch," what we mean by "witch," why that's different, and why that matters. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidencesBy The Whisperforge
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Oh my god. I can't believe this is the real episode title. We discuss the very scientific method that was used to track the witch afflicting Betty and Abigail, and Samuel brings a bunch of dumbasses to town to ask for advice. The first targets of what would become the trials are named. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @Remarkabl…
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We read both Mather Reports and take a look at some of the cases of supernaturally-themed bigoted political murders that Salem residents might have seen before in this ostentatiously self-titled episode. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences…
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The Parris girls are afflicted; we talk about what that means and why that matters, and debunk a few common theories about it while taking the long way down Lay Off Tituba, Y'all Lane. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidencesBy The Whisperforge
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A petty, neurotic, spiteful village in need of a cheap win finds its match with a petty, neurotic, spiteful man in need of a cheap win.The importance of clear and equitable contract negotiation is impressed. Portrait of Samuel Parris: Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.…
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Feuds play out amongst righteously unfun Christian colonists in a sub-suburban Massachusetts Bay village looking to make a name for itself, and the only way to do that is to get a spiritual life coach. The result must rank as one of the most disastrous job searches in history. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: h…
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Remarkable Providences is an exploration of Puritans and pettiness, magic and misogyny, gospel and government, and, of course, the Salem Witch Trials.By The Whisperforge
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