Welcome to Part 2 of our Halloween Special. Today we discuss the origins and influence of the Malleus Malificarum, or "The Hammer of Witches". What was the witchcraft scene in Europe like that caused this book to be written? Did it really have approval by the Pope? How did it influence later witch trials and people like Matthew Hopkins?  What effect did it have on the Salem Witch Trials in America? Join us as we discuss this tome and the terror that it caused.

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