Alizon Device was a young woman who lived with her family in the Pendle area, in a hovel rather grandly known as Malkin Tower. The Devices scratched a living from odd jobs and begging. But an encounter with a peddler would set off a trial unlike any other in history.
Marie Catherine Laveau was a Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, herbalist and midwife who was renowned in New Orleans.
The Infamous Alizon Device – Catalyst (carvercentercatalyst.com)
The Curse of Alizon Device. What a 17th century witch trial can… | by Alex Indovina | Medium
Marie Laveau - Wikipedia
Marie Laveau | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Marie Laveau, The Voodoo Queen Of 19th-Century New Orleans (allthatsinteresting.com)
Marie Laveau: Separating fact from fiction about New Orleans' Voodoo queen | 300 for 300 | nola.com
