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Episode 16: The Salem Witch Trials Part 1: How a Village Invented Its Witches
Everyone knows the story of the Salem witch trials. A group of girls behaved strangely, frightened villagers cried witchcraft, and innocent people paid the price. Right?
Except…that's not quite how it happened.
In Part One of this two-part series, we're going back to 1692 to uncover what really set the Salem witch trials in motion - such as a community divided and under pressure, a controversial minister, an enslaved woman named Tituba, a VERY questionable cake recipe, and a justice system willing to accept invisible evidence as fact.
How did a handful of accusations become a deadly…
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