Salem The Podcast

By Sarah Black & Jeffrey LilleySociety & Culture Places & Travel

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December 24, 2024 139. Christmas in Salem
Happy Holidays everyone!
1 hr 22 min
December 18, 2024138. Witch Trials: Samuel Wardwell (part 2)
Last episode we talked about Samuel Wardwell's life leading up to 1692. Now we must move on to his confession and fate. Where did he receive his unholy baptism? Did this man in black really subvert the whole family and lay with his daughter? Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they ponder if Goodman Wardwell really could predict the future. Or maybe he just possessed a good nature and jovial sense of humor.
https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/tag/wardwell_samuel.html
https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/lydia-wardell-protest-or-the-naked-quaker/
Richard Hite, In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692
Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible World or The Wonders of the Invisible World Displayed in Five Parts
Emerson Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
Boyer and Nissenbaum, Salem-Village Witchcraft: A documentary record of local conflict in colonial New England

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1 hr 23 min
December 11, 2024137. Witch Trials: Samuel Wardwell (part 1)
On September 22, 1692 the last eight individuals executed for the crime of witchcraft were hanged in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Among them was the only confessed witch (later recanted) and self-proclaimed fortune teller, Samuel Wardwell of Andover. Join Jeffrey and Sarah, your favorite Salem tour guides as they trace the early life of this Puritan raised by Quakers, and how that may have influenced how and why he was accused of being a Witch.
**trigger warning: miscarriages
https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/tag/wardwell_samuel.html
https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/lydia-wardell-protest-or-the-naked-quaker/
Richard Hite, In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692
Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible World or The Wonders of the Invisible World Displayed in Five Parts
Emerson Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
Boyer and Nissenbaum, Salem-Village Witchcraft: A documentary record of local conflict in colonial New England

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Book a tour with Jeffrey at Salem Uncovered Tours www.salemuncoveredtours.com

Intro/Outro Music from Uppbeat:
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51 min
December 05, 2024136. Salem History: Captain Richard More, Mayflower Passenger
First-Comer? Saint? Pilgrim? Old Planter? These were all names given to the original Mayflower passengers, only half survived the first winter and made it to the “First Thanksgiving.” Among them was a young bastard boy, taken from his mother and shipped across the Atlantic. His name was Richard More and he would eventually make his way to Salem. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they talk about the second-to-last Mayflower Pilgrim left standing and the only one with a headstone from the time of death. He was a ship captain, a father, a tavern owner, and a husband to three wives. This bastard was no saint, for he was quite the trouble-maker as well.
https://visit.archives.gov/whats-on/explore-exhibits/thanksgiving-historical-perspectives#:~:text=A%20Harvest%20Celebration,back%20then%20used%20that%20term
https://plimoth.org/for-students/homework-help/who-were-the-pilgrims#:~:text='Pilgrim'%20became%20
https://mayflower.americanancestors.org/richard-more-biography
David Lindsay, Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger amongst the Pilgrims
Daniel Fury, If These Stones Could Speak: The History and People of the Old Salem Burying Point

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47 min
November 27, 2024 135. Interview: Tim McGuire, Owner of Salem Night Tour
Some of us come to Salem willingly, some of us are drawn to the city magically. After talking to this week's guest, we can confidently put him in the latter category. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides as they talk with fellow tour guide, Tim Maguire. Tim is the owner of Salem Night Tour, Wynotts Wands, and The Halloween Museum! We were lucky enough to chat with him about his adventures in Salem… Was he really in a O.K. Corral style gunfight? Was he cursed or blessed by a strange man with a wand? And what spirits from Salem's past haunt him?
https://www.salemghosttours.com/
http://www.wynottswands.com/
https://www.halloweenmuseumsalem.com/
https://www.tourofthefreedomtrail.com/

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1 hr 33 min
November 20, 2024134. Moll Pitcher, Famed Fortune-Teller of Lynn
She could tell you how your ship would fare at sea. And details of your distant betrothed. She prophesied the outcome of the American Revolution and George Washington's lasting legacy. Born 100 years earlier and her neighbors probably would have hanged her in 1692. But Moll Pitcher was no witch, and she didn't much like the title 'fortune-teller' either. Buckle up friends, we're heading back to the 18th Century and spending most of this episode balancing truth with legend. And to think, it all started with a spoon...
History of Essex County (1888)
Moll Pitcher's Prophecies (1895)
"The Wizarding Family of Marblehead" Marblehead Current
"The Magician of Marblehead" YankeeXpress
"Historical Building of the Week: A House of Many Names" Marblehead Weekly News
"Moll Pitcher - Famous Fortune Teller of Massachusetts" Legends of America
Moll Pitcher: A Poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (1832)
Moll Pitcher Souvenir Spoon - eBay (ps. I got mine for a fraction of this so wait for a cheaper one to hit the market!)

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Intro/Outro Music from Uppbeat:
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1 hr 29 min
November 12, 2024 133. Goodbye October 2024 (from the streets)
Hello November... again! Sarah and Jeffrey, your hosts and favorite Salem tour guides, aren't the only Salemites recovering from busy season. So we took to the streets, found some of our friends, and asked them how their October went. So who did we bump into?

Mandy from Nocturne
www.nocturne.com

Landon, owner of Lucipurr
www.northeastanimalshelter.com

Ben, Co-Owner of VampFangs
www.vampfangs.com
Rory Raven, Tour Guide and Author
https://www.roryobrienbooks.com/

Jonathan from Count Oroloks
www.nightmaregaller.com

Christian, Co-Owner of Diehl Marcus & Co
www.diehlmarcus.com

Taz, Manager of Bit Bar
www.bitbar.com

Ally DF, Tour Guide and Comedian
@delfrancoyaknow

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1 hr 1 min
November 05, 2024 132. Goodbye October 2024
Welcome to October! We're already a full week into spooky season here in Salem and the crowds and candy rivers are flowinggg! Its time again to join Jeffrey and Sarah, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they watch (and review) the annual Haunted Happenings Parade! What sort of floats will we see this year? Who will we see? Best dressed? Have you come to Salem for the parade before?

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Intro/Outro Music from Uppbeat:
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License code: NGSBY7LA1HTVAUJE
55 min
October 30, 2024 131. History of Halloween
1 hr 11 min
October 22, 2024 130. Interview: PJ Maguire, Green Man of Salem
For the folks of 17th-century Salem, the word WITCH could mean a death sentence. Three centuries later, the city has become a safe haven for modern pagan communities. Recent estimates put the city's witch population around 5,000. But what does it mean to be a witch in Salem today? Join Sarah and Jeffrey for a chat with PJ Maguire, aka the Green Man of Salem. You've probably crossed paths with this well-known Salemite at Crow Haven Corner, the oldest witch shop in town.
https://www.crowhavencorner.com

PS. Please keep the Lilley family in your thoughts. Jeffrey and his family suffered a great loss this October. Hug your loved ones tight.

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1 hr 2 min

About Salem The Podcast

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Welcome to Salem, Massachusetts! Join tour guides Jeffrey Lilley and Sarah Black as they talk all things Witch City. Learn its history, meet its people, and discover the magic.