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What if history's most infamous witch hunt could have been stopped with just a few different decisions? We're examining the pivotal moments between January 1692 and May 1693 when someone—anyone—could have pumped the brakes on Salem's runaway train of accusations.
From the shocking arrest of four-year-old Dorothy Good to Martha Carrier's unfortunate promotion to "Queen of Hell," we'll explore how escalating choices transformed a local crisis into colonial America's most notorious legal disaster. We'll meet the key players who either fanned the flames or tried to douse them—including Cotton Mather's mixed messages and Governor Phips' late-in-the-game reality check.
Join us as we dissect the moments when cooler heads could have prevailed and discover how 45 residents of unlucky Andover got swept up in accusations that would make even the devil blush. Sometimes it takes a village—or several villages—to create a catastrophe.
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project
Massachusetts Court of Oyer and Terminer Documents, The Salem Witch Trials Collection, Peabody Essex Museum
Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt
The Thing About Salem YouTube
The Thing About Salem Patreon
The Thing About Witch Hunts YouTube
The Thing About Witch Hunts
By Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack4.4
2424 ratings
What if history's most infamous witch hunt could have been stopped with just a few different decisions? We're examining the pivotal moments between January 1692 and May 1693 when someone—anyone—could have pumped the brakes on Salem's runaway train of accusations.
From the shocking arrest of four-year-old Dorothy Good to Martha Carrier's unfortunate promotion to "Queen of Hell," we'll explore how escalating choices transformed a local crisis into colonial America's most notorious legal disaster. We'll meet the key players who either fanned the flames or tried to douse them—including Cotton Mather's mixed messages and Governor Phips' late-in-the-game reality check.
Join us as we dissect the moments when cooler heads could have prevailed and discover how 45 residents of unlucky Andover got swept up in accusations that would make even the devil blush. Sometimes it takes a village—or several villages—to create a catastrophe.
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project
Massachusetts Court of Oyer and Terminer Documents, The Salem Witch Trials Collection, Peabody Essex Museum
Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt
The Thing About Salem YouTube
The Thing About Salem Patreon
The Thing About Witch Hunts YouTube
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