Hillbilly Deadtime Stories Ep 31 The First American Witch Hunt

In the United States, when someone mentions witches, our thoughts immediately drift to Salem, Massachusetts.

It only makes sense, considering that the Salem Witch Trials are a hot topic still today, 329 yrs after the last woman was executed for being a witch.

Salem has embraced its dark history and welcomes thousands of tourists every year

Most come to see the sights associated with the witch trials.

If you dig a little deeper into America’s belief in witches, you will find that Salem wasn’t the first witch hunt to take place.

Nope, that actually happened 30 yrs earlier in 1662…

That witch hunt that would result in 7 trials and 4 executions…