108 - The Salem Witch Trials: Witches, man...witches

Sharon and Mindy discuss the fascinating history behind the infamous Salem Witch Trials: how it started, how it ended, what really may have happened, and how this tragic event reshaped Salem forever. Plus we discuss modern witches, movies about witches, how the Salem Witch Trials are still relevant today and maybe not so much has changed since 1693.

References

• https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials

• https://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-salem-witch-trials/

• https://www.salem.org/salem-witch-trials/

• https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/march-01/

• https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/30/16560092/salem-witch-trials-magic-halloween-witchcraft-arthur-miller-crucible-past

• https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/history-witches-facts-burned-hanged/

• https://theconversation.com/most-witches-are-women-because-witch-hunts-were-all-about-persecuting-the-powerless-125427

• https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-witches

• https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x3jbq/the-true-story-of-tituba-the-slave-at-the-center-of-the-salem-witch-trials

• https://www.ushistory.org/us/3g.asp

• https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/witchcraft-juliet-diaz/605518/

• https://creepycatalog.com/witch-movies/

• IMDb.com

Witch Movies

• The Witch (2015)
• Hocus Pocus (1993)
• Rosemary's Baby (1968)
• Eve's Bayou (1997)
• The Craft (1996)
• Practical Magic (1998)
• The Three Mother's Series by Dario Argento
  • Suspiria (1997)
  • Inferno (1980)
  • The Mother of Tears (2007)
• Black Sunday (1960)
• The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
• The Blair Witch Project (1999)
• The Crucible (1999)

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