44. The Hanging of Alice Young: America’s First Witch Trial

In 1647, decades before Salem, Connecticut made history with its first witch execution. Her name was Alice Young of Windsor. Little survives about her trial, but her death marked the beginning of New England’s witch panic—decades of fear, accusations, and hangings that would leave deep scars across the region.

Tonight, the gang unpacks Alice Young’s story, the world she lived in, and how her execution set the stage for America’s dark history of witch hunts.

In 1647, decades before Salem, Connecticut made history with its first witch execution. Her name was Alice Young of Windsor. Little survives about her trial, but her death marked the beginning of New England’s witch panic—decades of fear, accusations, and hangings that would leave deep scars across the region.

Tonight, the gang unpacks Alice Young’s story, the world she lived in, and how her execution set the stage for America’s dark history of witch hunts.

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