Tune into episode 1 of our new 101 series on the Salem Witch-Hunt tomorrow. This is also our first foray into video podcasting, so watch us on Spotify and YouTube or listen to us the ways you always have, with any podcast app or
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"If you don't feel history, then you don't learn from history. You don't get the sense that, you know what, persecution is a bad thing."
Marion Gibson on Witchcraft A History in 13 Trials
"When people object and say, 'this is how we've always done it, or this is what we've always believed, or this is our culture,' human rights says, 'that's all well and good, but the human dignity of the person you're harming takes precedent.'"
Ikponwosa Ero on Ending Witch Hunts
"In 1963, the town placed a boulder on the town green, and then they put the plaque there at the town's 375th anniversary, which was in 2013, so there is a marker on the town green that you can go and see"
Witchcraft in the Granite State
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"Even in the course of the accusations, you find that the essentially patriarchal assumptions of those who are doing the persecuting are replicated. It is quite fascinating, isn't it?"
Marion Gibson on Witchcraft a History in 13 Trials
"For every individual that's executed, they were somebody's daughter, somebody's son, somebody's mother, somebody's sister."
Scottish Witch Trials with Mary W. Craig
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In today's episode of Witch Hunt, Brendan Walsh joins Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack to discuss the chilling account of a 17th century demonic possession in Connecticut chronicled in Cotton Mather's "Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions."
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We hope you're all excited about 2024. We sure are!
On our first
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, we explore an astrologer's witchcraft trials with Dr. Danny Buck.
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"People who were thinking that astrology is nothing but a con trick, a way for illiterate peasants or gullible guests to seek lost things from someone who could tell them what they wanted to hear"
The Astrologer and the Witch Trial with Danny Buck
"Scotland at that time had a population of just under 1 million, and we executed 4,000 people that we know of. The figure is probably closer to 8,000"
Scottish Witch Trials with Mary W. Craig
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"John Hutton was accused of shapeshifting into the form of a dragon, a bear, a horse, and a cow, of causing shipwrecks."
Newcastle Witch Trials with Dr. Katie Liddane
Uncover the truths of the witch trials of New Hampshire from the first accusations in 1648 to the most notable cases. Tune into our latest episode on
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now!
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"At first, there had been 5 witches, and then there had been 10 witches, and suddenly there were 500 witches."
Stacy Schiff on the Salem Witch Trials
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"William Lilly is famous because he produced an almanac that showed how the stars were showing that Parliament's victory was imminent"
The Astrologer and the Witch Trial with Danny Buck
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New Hampshire's role in the New England witch trials is obscured by the larger roles of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Tune in this
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to learn about the lesser-known victims of New England witch-hunting.
"And you do also see a very strong competition going on both before and after the Reformation between cunning folk and priests"
Service Magic with Tabitha Stanmore
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Just 1 hour until
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kicks off with an awesome episode featuring historian Dr. Danny Buck, who tells us the story of an English astrologer twice tried for witchcraft. Listen in a podcast app or at
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"Widespread belief in evil witchcraft translates into widespread fear. This very real and intense fright fuels witchcraft accusations and violence towards people suspected of witchcraft."
Modern Witch-Hunts 101 Part 1
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The witch trials emerged from a combination of factors: societal tensions, strong religious beliefs, personal conflicts, fear of the unexplainable, and a judicial system that amplified accusations, punishment and guilt. Learn more:
"So one of the places that the witch fits into society, even over such a long historical period, is that they are a very useful enemy."
Marion Gibson on Witchcraft A History in 13 Trials
"So with the 1692 Salem Witch-Hunt, . . . the first memorial dedicated to one of the victims of the witch-hunt is the memorial to Rebecca nurse in 1885"
Dan Gagnon on Salem Witch Trials Victim George Jacobs, Sr.
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"One thing I noticed in New England now, husband and wife witches are not unique to New England, but New England seemed to have a relatively high proportion."
Detestable and Wicked Arts with Paul Moyer
🎧 Impressive data from the Witch Hunt Podcast! Spotify reveals that 11% of our downloads are from listeners around the world, outside the United States. We're truly a global community! Thank you for tuning in from every corner of the globe. 🌐
If you have family from New England, especially from Essex County, Massachusetts, there's a good chance that you are related to somebody who was involved in the Salem Witch Trials.
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"Astrology has been something that we can go all the way back to ancient Mesopotamia, if not earlier. People have always looked to the stars and tried to seek meaning in them."
The Astrologer and the Witch Trial with Danny Buck
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"And you do also see a very strong competition going on both before and after the Reformation between cunning folk and priests, with priests going, ' please can my parishioners stop visiting all of these cunning folk?'"
Service Magic with Tabitha Stanmore
"If you don't feel history, then you don't learn from history. You don't get the sense that, you know what, persecution is a bad thing."
Marion Gibson on Witchcraft a History in 13 Trials
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"For some people this element of astrology cutting into conjuring, the act of charms and raising spirits for advice, is cutting into witchcraft, that you're not just looking to do a predictable science"
The Astrologer and the Witch Trial with Danny Buck
"When people object and say, 'this is how we've always done it,' or 'this is what we've always believed,' or 'this is our culture,' human rights says, 'that's all well and good, but the human dignity of the person you're harming takes precedent.'"
"Rebecca Nurse is going to be accused and later executed. Mary Easty will be accused and later executed, and Sarah Cloyce will be accused. And really the witch-hunt ends, or at least the court stops sitting"
Rebecca Nurse of Salem with Dan Gagnon
"In ancient times, with the Hindu social order, how it was, we had four varnas called the Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra. You have to go through the ancient texts like the Vedas to understand where this is stemming from."
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"One of the western states in India called the Maharashtra, it passed India's first anti-superstition law called the Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and Other Inhuman Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act of 2013."
Witchcraft Accusations and Caste in India
"Mark Prynne, started his career with basically like a dummy's first guide of how to look at the stars."
The Astrologer and the Witch Trial with Danny Buck
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"One point I really try to get across in my book is that witch-hunting in New England does not come out of nowhere. It has deep roots in legal procedures and legal precedents going back to old England."
Detestable and Wicked Arts with Paul Moyer, coming Wednesday
"And sadly, a lot of the perpetrators were known to the victims"
Ikponwosa Ero on the Effort to End Harmful Practices Related to Accusations of Witchcraft and Ritual Attacks
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If you've seen or read The Crucible, you're already familiar with some of the basics of Salem.
But The Crucible is also the origin and proliferator of many inaccuracies, myths, and misconceptions.
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When you dig into archived news articles about topics you’re trying to understand you get first hand OPINIONS of the “times” . Consider looking to “old” media for some insight when your on the hunt for facts, oral history and stories.
"The title of the article is Witchcraft, and it starts, 'when I was a boy, I well remember that scarcely a week passed without hearing some notable tale of recent witchcraft. But at this day, we hardly hear such a tale once a month.'"
Widow Krieger
"I would like for people to think about what ignorance and fear and uncertainty can do to a community. And again, I'm looking through my current day eyes, because we have to really be careful."
Dry Tinder with Author Janice C Thompson
"this is a constitution which was born in a soil which is essentially undemocratic."
Witchcraft Accusations and Caste in India with Preethi Lolaksha Nagaveni
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On April 2nd, 1692, Abigail Williams again claimed that she was attacked by Elizabeth Proctor's shape, and Mary Warren's fit stopped, and she requested prayers of thanksgiving by posting a note on the side of the meeting house.
"Nine times out of ten, it seems that judges were relatively restrained in their approach, but once in a while, you get a case like Salem, in which they take the opposite tack. And what I'm talking about for New England is also true of Europe."
Paul Moyer
"So caste is that complex phenomenon where the attitude of one person changes based on the caste of the other."
Witchcraft Accusations and Caste in India with Preethi Lolaksha Nagaveni
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"Devadasi is a girl who's dedicated to the temple to serve the god, and she gets exploited by the priests and the other village men, and she's basically a temple prostitute."
Witchcraft Accusations and Caste in India with Preethi Lolaksha Nagaveni
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"Appealing to saints, using prayers to heal, that kind of thing, they all start being seen as quite suspicious under Protestant doctrine."
Service Magic with Tabitha Stanmore
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"Many manual scavengers who have gone down the drains have never come out alive."
Witchcraft Accusations and Caste in India with Preethi Lolaksha Nagaveni
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Did you know? Women accused of witchcraft fought back! Jane Walford, accused in 1648, took her accusers to court for slander and won! Honor their memory and learn their stories in our latest episode of
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"The untouchables had to identify themselves by wearing a black thread, either on their wrist or around their neck as a prevention so that Hindus do not get themselves polluted by touching them by mistake."
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"So this belief system led to several scores of people, mostly children, because they're , easy to attack, and hard for them to fend off several perpetrators"
Ikponwosa Ero on the Effort to End Harmful Practices and Ritual Attacks
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"What we need to be doing is challenging these gender norms and stereotypes because they perpetuate inequality, they perpetuate discrimination. So let's promote positive representation of women"
Witchcraft Accusations and Gender Inequality
"The Malleus Maleficarum, which was issued at the end of the 15th century is one of the most notorious texts, which really pushes the notion, satanic pact that witches are not just practitioners of folk magic"
Connecticut Witch-Hunts w Scott Culpepper
"Think it was Bernard Capp who said that the last of the astrologers were the first of the astronomers."
The Astrologer and the Witch Trial with Danny Buck
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This
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, I. K. Ero talks about how the issue of witchcraft accusations and harmful practices is a global problem, affecting tens of thousands of people across continents.
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Check out this preview of the wonderful episode arriving next
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. We speak with I. K. Ero about the steps being taken to eliminate Harmful Practices Related to Accusations of Witchcraft and Ritual Attacks, a.k.a. modern witch-hunts.
"There is still a growing sense of concern about what sorts of powers cunning folk might have, because they are lumped together in the Witchcraft and Conjurations Act with witches."
Service Magic with Tabitha Stanmore
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"As we know about the witchcraft trials, you don't necessarily have to be from Salem Town or Salem Village. And you could have been like my ancestor from Salisbury, Massachusetts up in Essex County."
Finding Your Salem Witch Trial Ancestors
"The untouchables were forced to live in degrading environment. They were denied a life with dignity. Their values, culture, and traditions were suppressed."
Witchcraft Accusations and Caste in India with Preethi Lolaksha Nagaveni
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"So the literature is rife with data showing that when there was a drought, or a famine, or some kind of economic collapse, accusations of witchcraft went up especially in rural areas"
Ikponwosa Ero on Harmful Practices Related to Accusations of Witchcraft
On today's Salem Witch Hunt Daily Report, we look at the events of February 5, 1693 and catch a moment in the dramatic saga over church attendance in Salem Village after the Salem Witch Trial victims were hanged.
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New episode alert: Check out "Marion Gibson on Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials"
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In this week's episode of Witch Hunt, we talk with distinguished lecturer Preethi Lolaksha Nagaveni about the intersection of caste and witchcraft accusations in India.
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"But demonology is really important. It underpins so many of the stories, particularly in part one of the book, which goes from the 1480s to the 1730s"
Marion Gibson on Witchcraft A History in 13 Trials
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"He just seems to have been a really quite unpleasant person, who was haunted by the idea that women were out to get men, and perhaps to get him specifically."
Marion Gibson on Witchcraft A History in 13 Trials
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"[Montague Summers] regards himself as somebody who's quite a superior intellect and somebody who might know something about the spiritual world and might have some theories about things like ghosts and vampires and demons and so on."
Marion Gibson
"The values are that people are dying. And that's everybody's values. And we need to sort it."
Ending Witch-Hunts in India with Samantha Spence and Amit Anand
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"The sun goes down at night, it's pitch black. You hear things. There are stories that you've heard about from back in England about the demons and witches and things like that."
Before Salem with Richard S. Ross III
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"Tituba has every reason to cough up this extraordinary tale about yellow birds and flying cats and flying off to Boston on a pole. She makes it very clear that the devil has said that if she talked about this, he would slice off her head."
Stacy Schiff on the Salem Witch Trials