In this episode of The Reference Desk, Hailee is bewitched with The Salem Witch Trials. 

Between February 1692 and May 1693, more than two hundred people were accused of witchcraft in Salem and surrounding towns. Thirty were found guilty, nineteen were executed by hanging, one other man was pressed to death, and at least five people died in jail. Also, two dogs were found guilty of witchcraft. Listen to find out more about this strange time in America's history!

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Recommended books: 

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe

Conversion by Katherine Howe

The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe

A Season With the Witch by J. W. Ocker

Six Women of Salem by Marilynne K. Roach

The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem by Stacy Schiff

Rebel Spy by Veronica Rossi

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Links:

A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials by Smithsonian Magazine

How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials

Unobscured Podcast: Season 1

Salem's Haunted Happenings

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