Episode 18 - Salem Witch Trials

One day a group of tweens began accusing their neighbors of being witches and thus the Salem Witch Trials were born. Fueled by distrust, paranoia and some downright ridiculous witch tests - over 200 people were accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Learn about how mass hysteria took over the Puritan town of Salem Village and how many innocent people had to pay the price along the way.

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Sources:

• History.com - Salem Witch Trials by History.com Editors

• Smithsonian Magazine - A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials by Jess Blumburg

• Britannica - Salem Witch Trials by Jeff Wallenfeldt

• Salem.org - Salem Witch Trials

• History.com - 7 Bizarre Witch Trial Tests by Evan Andrews

• History of Massachusetts - The Salem Witch Trials

• History.com - The Mysterious Enslaved Woman Who Sparked Salem’s Witch Hunt by Erin Blakemore

• History o fMassachusetts - Ann Putnam, Jr: Villain or Victim? by Rebecca Beatrice Brooks

• Salem Witch Museum - More About Thomas, Ann (Sr.), and Ann (Jr.) Putnam Home, Site(s) of

• The Washington Post - A Salem ‘witch’ from 1693 could be exonerated soon, thanks to an eighth-grade civics class

• Morbid: a True Crime Podcast - Episode 23: The Salem Witch Trials Were Bonkers