The Nonessential Podcast

Episode 39: A Witch Be Giles


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Giles Corey was a murderer, but he was not a witch. The courts of Salem, Massachusetts sentenced him to death for one of those two things. Hint: It wasn't for murder. 
In 1579, Francis Drake landed somewhere near present-day San Francisco Bay, and left a brass plate to mark the occasion. This would become the basis for one of the dorkiest, history-book altering pranks in recent history.
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The Nonessential PodcastBy Ben Matlock and Steve Gibson

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