In this episode I take you through some of the ways people throughout the 17th century punished accused witches. I take you through the story of the Salem Witch Trials, as well as an earlier tale that helped inspire one of our most famous modern day authors.
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Notes:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/07/the-witches-of-salem
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/
https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/special-edition-on-infectious-disease/2014/the-fight-over-inoculation-during-the-1721-boston-smallpox-epidemic/
https://genius.com/Margaret-atwood-half-hanged-mary-annotated
https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mary-webster-witch-hadley-survives-hanging/
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=evans;idno=N00392.0001.001
https://www.massreview.org/node/7575
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