EP 40: THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS OF MASSACHUSETTS!

Written By Dylan Cantu

Who wants to talk about witches again? I think I heard a few "I Do's" out there so get ready because this next stop on the road trip is the perfect place to pick up the topic of witches. Welcome everyone to the one and only Salem, Massachusetts and this stop wouldn't be complete if we didn't talk about The Salem Witch Trials. I feel like this is an event we've all heard about whether it was from school or even movies like Hocus Pocus! I remember hearing that Witches were hung for their magical escapades and that the people who accused them were justified. However, now that I look into the history more, I think we might have been wrong. That what we actually did was sentence innocent people to their death all because....well I guess because we wanted too?! I'm not sure if that's how I should say that, but why don't you take a listen and decide for yourself! Learn about what Sarah Osborne, Sarah Good and Tituba went through while being accused of being the first three witches in The Salem Witch Trials!

Sarah Osborne

Sarah Good

Tituba

Salem, Massachusetts on a map

Cotton Mather

Sir William Phipps

Gallows Hill

Hocus Pocus The Movie You Must Watch!

SOURCE MATERIALS:

For the story:

  1. Citronberg, J. (2018, February 22). TBT: First Group of Women Arrested for Witchcraft in Salem. Boston Magazine. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2018/02/22/women-arrested-witchcraft-salem/

  2. History.com Editors. (2011, November 4). Salem Witch Trials - Events, Facts & Victims - HISTORY. History.com. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials

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  4. Salem.org. (n.d.). Salem Witch Trials Of 1692. Salem Still Making History. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from https://www.salem.org/salem-witch-trials/

  5. Pruitt, S. (2018, October 18). 5 Notable Women Hanged in the Salem Witch Trials. History.com. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from https://www.history.com/news/notable-women-executed-salem-witch-trials

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For the Image:

  1. Alchetron. (2021, April 4). Sarah Osborne (Accused of Witchcraft). Alchetron. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from https://alchetron.com/Sarah-Osborne

  2. F, V. (2019, September 25). The Salem Witch Trials Pt. 5: 3 Little Witches Accused of A Crime. Toria's Tales of Travel. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from https://toriastalesoftravel.com/2019/09/25/the-salem-witch-trials-pt-5-3-little-witches-accused-of-a-crime/

  3. DeLong, W., & Silverman, L. (2018, September 24). Tituba, The Slave Girl Who Used The Salem Witch Trials To Free Herself. All That's Interesting. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from https://allthatsinteresting.com/tituba

  4. CBS News. (2017, October 29). Almanac: The Salem witch trials. CBS News. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/almanac-the-salem-witch-trials/

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  6. Boudillion, D. V. (n.d.). Gallows Hill, Salem, Witchcraft. Boudillion Home Page. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from http://www.boudillion.com/gallowshill/gallowshill.htm

  7. McNamara, R. (2019, June 4). Biography of Cotton Mather, Clergyman and Scientist. ThoughtCo. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from https://www.thoughtco.com/cotton-mather-4687706

  8. TV Insider. (n.d.). Hocus Pocus Movie. TV Insider. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from https://www.tvinsider.com/show/hocus-pocus/

  9. Maine State Museum. (n.d.). Portrait of Sir William Phipps, ca. 1691. Maine Memory Network. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/28846

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