Description
Retired police officer Tony Griego and Author Beth Caruso return with witch trial advocate and historic tour guide Mary-Louise Bingham. We discuss the Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project's efforts to clear the names of those accused of witchcraft in colonial Connecticut.
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Citations
John Putnam Demos, Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England
Paul B. Moyer, Detestable and Wicked Arts: New England and Witchcraft in the Early Modern
Cotton Mather Magnalia Christi Americana
CT State Library Samuel Wyllys Papers
CT State HIstorian Walter W. Woodward
Links
State Representative Jane Garibay
Please sign the petition to exonerate those accused of witchcraft in Connecticut
Mary-Louise Bingham’s YouTube video at Proctor's Ledge about Connecticut victims
The Witch Trials Hysteria History of the American Colonies
Diana DiZoglio Senate Floor Speech Exoneration of Elizabeth Johnson, Jr. 05/26/22
Historical Sites with witch trial ties
Barnard Park also known as South Green
Hartford Ancient Burial Ground
Activism Timeline:
2005: “ad hoc committee”
2008/2009 attempted legislation
2016 CT W.I.T.C.H. Memorial Witch Interrogations Trials Colonial Hangings
2022 Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project
Thou Shalt Not Suffer: The Witch Trial Podcast links
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