A fruitful relationship has soured and rotted, but why? Did the young female artist just lash out over an unfair contract and accuse an innocent producer of one of the most heinous crimes out of spite? Or, did the successful producer use his power to abuse the artist and then try to ruin her financially when she spoke out? This episode covers the nine year long legal battle between Kesha and Dr. Luke with details before and after the court proceedings. 

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Sources:

"My Crazy Beautiful Life" Kesha 

"Dr. Luke Out as Kemosabe CEO, but Remains at Sony Music" Forbes

"Dr. Luke: The Man Behind Pop's Biggest Hits" NPR Music Interviews

"Court of Appeals New York Gottwald V. Sebert" (Findlaw.com)

"Kesha Sues Dr. Luke for Sexual Assault and Battery" TMZ

"Ke$ha Blames Dr. Luke for Eating Disorder He Called Me Fat" TMZ

"Truth About Kesha's Legal Battle Against Dr. Luke" TheList.com

"Saga of Kesha, Dr. Luke, and a Mother's Fight: 'He Almost Destroyed Us" Billboard

Passmore, Jacey. "The Underreporting and Dismissal of Sexual Assault Cases Against Women in the United States." Ballard Brief. June 2023. www.ballardbrief.byu.edu

"A Timeline of Katy Perry Working with Dr. Luke" Vulture

"Judge Dismisses Kesha's Abuse Claims in Dr. Luke Lawsuit" People

"Kesha and Dr. Luke Reach a Settlement Over Rape and Defamation Claims" NPR

"Doja Cat Says She Won't Record with Dr. Luke Again: 'I Think It Was Definitely Nice of Me to Work with Him'" Billboard

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Intro and Outro: Joshua Bluitt www.youtube.com/@joshuabluitt and [email protected]

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You've made it to the end of the witches' road. The finale leg of the journey involves paths that diverge, cross, and separate again throughout the years of 1692-1697 and into our modern day where the descendants refused to forget the victims of the trials. With our time spent together going over their stories, I hope you listener may also keep their memories alive in your head and heart.

Sources:

"The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege" By Marilynne K. Roach

"Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials" Marilynne K. Roach

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For a court that only existed for five months, the Salem Court of Oyer and Terminer sure knew how to exacerbate the chaos. The arrests (just under 150) and even the executions of the condemned witches (in the double digits) are not providing relief to any of the main afflicted. Instead, more afflicted, more accusations, and eventually a lot of confessors would overwhelm the system until Governor Phips finally steps in. But there is so much to discuss before he makes that call.

Sources:

"The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege" By Marilynne K. Roach

"Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials" Marilynne K. Roach

Cover Art: Jan from FondlyFramed Https://FondlyFramed.com

Intro and Outro: Joshua Bluitt www.youtube.com/@joshuabluitt and [email protected]

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How much damage can be done in three months? Considering we go from 4 to 67 witch suspects, 1 woman dying in jail and another being the first official condemned 'witch' to be hanged in that time, I'd say a lot. And the panic is not staying isolated in Salem Village. It's branching out to other nearby towns. In this episode there is more afflicted, more accused, and a lot more examinations.

Sources:

"The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege" By Marilynne K. Roach

"Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials" Marilynne K. Roach

Cover Art: Jan from FondlyFramed Https://FondlyFramed.com

Intro and Outro: Joshua Bluitt www.youtube.com/@joshuabluitt and [email protected]

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Salem Village has a problem. Okay, maybe a few problems. They didn't have the best relationship with their first three potential ministers. And now, as they finally have their fourth, Samuel Parris, ordained, four village girls have become afflicted and there are three four suspected witches amongst them. Surely it can't get worse than this for the Village, right? Right?

Sources:

"The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege" By Marilynne K. Roach

"Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials" Marilynne K. Roach

Cover Art: Jan from FondlyFramed Https://FondlyFramed.com

Intro and Outro: Joshua Bluitt www.youtube.com/@joshuabluitt and [email protected]

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Our scope of witch hunts narrows to the New England region of North America. We focus on the hunts throughout the 1600s and explain why the hunts were centered in the Puritan community.

Sources:

"Witchcraze: A New History of the European Witch Hunts" by Anne Llewellyn Barstow

"The Enemy Within: 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World" by John Demos

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Everyone has heard about Salem, but what about all the witch hunts before then? Want to know the when, where, and why of the lesser explored hunts? This episode explores those very things in an easily digestible fashion, going on a tour across Europe to explain the cultural differences and the larger patterns at play.

Sources:

"Witchcraze: A New History of the European Witch Hunts" by Anne Llewellyn Barstow

"The Enemy Within: 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World" by John Demos

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Intro and Outro: Joshua Bluitt www.youtube.com/@joshuabluitt and [email protected]

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