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Satan in the Woods, Sinners in Town – Witch Trials Before Salem
Manage episode 305488334 series 2837510
You probably know a lot about the Salem witch trials, but did you know that it was not the site of the first witchcraft trial in the colonial United States? Accused witches had been appearing in New England courtrooms for half a century. In many ways, Salem was the last gasp, the most notorious, nightmarish outcome of a process that, maybe, made it inevitable. Come with us further back in time, down a dark path deep into the New England woods, where strangers coming to a strange continent needed a scapegoat for all the hardships that awaited them, and a face for all their fears.
Listen to Learn More About:
- Puritan Culture and History
- Why Witch Trials became rampant among Puritans in Colonial America
- The first "witch execution" in the American Colonies
- The women that was convicted of witchcraft three different times
- The town in Connecticut that stayed out of the Witch Frenzy
- More unique witch craft trials before Salem's in 1692
For Full Show notes visit mydarkpath.com
MUSIC:
Brenner by Falls
Stranded by Wastelander
The Void by Cody Martin
Burning by Chelsea McGough
The Blacksmith by Wicked Cinema
Exclusion Zone
Perfect Spades by Third Age
Visit us at
www.mydarkpath.com
www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath
www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
65 episodes
Manage episode 305488334 series 2837510
You probably know a lot about the Salem witch trials, but did you know that it was not the site of the first witchcraft trial in the colonial United States? Accused witches had been appearing in New England courtrooms for half a century. In many ways, Salem was the last gasp, the most notorious, nightmarish outcome of a process that, maybe, made it inevitable. Come with us further back in time, down a dark path deep into the New England woods, where strangers coming to a strange continent needed a scapegoat for all the hardships that awaited them, and a face for all their fears.
Listen to Learn More About:
- Puritan Culture and History
- Why Witch Trials became rampant among Puritans in Colonial America
- The first "witch execution" in the American Colonies
- The women that was convicted of witchcraft three different times
- The town in Connecticut that stayed out of the Witch Frenzy
- More unique witch craft trials before Salem's in 1692
For Full Show notes visit mydarkpath.com
MUSIC:
Brenner by Falls
Stranded by Wastelander
The Void by Cody Martin
Burning by Chelsea McGough
The Blacksmith by Wicked Cinema
Exclusion Zone
Perfect Spades by Third Age
Visit us at
www.mydarkpath.com
www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath
www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
65 episodes
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