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Join us in part 1 of THAT TRIAL WAS F**KED, where Felicia starts to wrap up our exploration into Medieval European witch hunts in a journey though the "justice" system. We are going to be discussing a newly adopted theory about why religious institutions used witch hunts as a marketing tactic to gain followers and cover 5 very famous trails that laid the foundation for the Salem witch trials. These trials are some of the most famous in occult history for reasons such as their sheer size or just their general absurdity.

**CONTENT WARNING**

Please be advised that this episode contains conversations and verbal depictions of Medieval torture methods used on accused and convicted witches. Listener discretion is advised.

Sources for this episode are

https://www.peterleeson.com/Witch_Trials.pdf

https://www.history.com/news/beyond-salem-6-lesser-known-witch-trials

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trier_witch_trials

https://www.history.com/news/how-medieval-churches-used-witch-hunts-to-gain-more-followers

https://www.history.com/news/7-bizarre-witch-trial-tests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulda_witch_trials

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valais_witch_trials

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg_witch_trials

https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft/The-witch-hunts

http://www.lukemastin.com/witchcraft/trials_fulda.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balthasar_von_Dernbach