Join Justin as he chats with historian, author and researcher Marilynne K. Roach about the perfect storm of hysteria leading to the Salem Witch Trials, her defense of Cotton Mather, the disappearance of Abigail Williams, rediscovering the original site of the 1692 hangings, the inaccuracies and cultural impact of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, and more!

Marilynne K. Roach bio:

Marilynne K. Roach works as a free-lance writer, illustrator, researcher, and presenter of talks on historical subjects. She has written for publications as varied as the Boston Globe, the New England Historic Genealogical Register, and the Lizzie Borden Quarterly. She is a member of the Gallows Hill Project that verified the correct site of the 1692 hangings, a discovery listed in Archaeology Magazine’s list of the world’s ten most important discoveries of 2017.

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