Salem 1692 Podcast – I Hate Stuff

In this episode of the podcast, we discuss a General Court meeting in Boston that includes a decree from Governor William Phipps on the Salem Witch Trial and how to proceed. Also included is discussion on Increase Mather’s Cases of Conscience and his son, Cotton Mather’s Wonders of the Invisible World as both had gone […]

In this long awaited episode of the podcast, we further discuss the unpopular opinion of the Salem Witch Trials outside of the city of Salem.  Future governor Joseph Dudly polls leaders in New York while criticism continues to come from Boston, this time in the form of a letter from well respected merchant Thomas Brattle.  […]

In this episode of the podcast, after the tumultuous month of September, the air in the Massachusetts Bay Colony is starting to turn cold and that’s not a good thing for the court in Salem. The beginning of October is dominated by criticism of the trials from Increase Mather, one of the most influential men […]

In this episode of the podcast, we look at the aftermath of the previous week’s hangings. Orphaned children find new homes. The governor returns to Boston to a huge surprise. Sheriff George Corwin is up to his shenanigans. Sarah Cole, once an accuser, finds herself on the wrong side of the pointed finger.     […]

In this episode of the podcast we cover the events of September 2, 1692, the largest execution day of the Salem Witch Trials.  Of the 15 or so accused sentenced to execution, only 8 were taken to the Gallows to have their lives stolen from them.  In this episode of the podcast, we speculate why […]

On this episode of the podcast, we look at the time in between Giles Corey’s pressing and the September 22 mass executions. A lot of people are condemned, but the hanging tree can only hold so many. One gets a month’s stay of execution and the ghost of one of the condemned appears to a […]

In this episode of the podcast, we will take a look at the life and times of Giles Corey, including his past where he beat a man to death and how that led to his witchcraft trial. Giles famously “stood mute,” leading to one of the most unique deaths on American soil in history.

We have a very full episode of the podcast! First up, the witchcraft trial of Rowley’s Margaret Scott.  Very little is known about Margaret., but the result of her trial is known. In Andover, the Reverend Francis Dane’s entire family has been accused of witchcraft, it was only a matter of time before he joined […]

In this episode of the podcast, we take a look at the witchcraft trial of Samuel Wardwell including looking at his confession, his past as an admitted fortune teller and those accusing of him of being really good at fortune telling. Also, we update the whereabouts of Elizabeth Coleson and Capt. John Alden.     […]

In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the lives of Ann Foster and her family.  New information in a book highlighting the people of Andover has brought new insight into the possible reasons for the confessions of Foster and her daughter, Mary Lacey Sr. Not much has survived from their particular trials, but they […]