EPISODE 161 | Vroom Broom: Witches & Witch Hunts
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, or women were burned alive in Salem, MA, at the end of the 17th century. Their crime? Being witches. That’s what many of us think, anyway. But just how much truth is there in all that? And what, exactly, is a witch? Are there any still around today?
This episode comes in time for this year’s Walpurgis Night, which happens in Central Europe on April 30. Bonfires are made, effigies of witches are burned or thrown into rivers, and there is much feasting and, well, a lot of drinking.
So, let’s talk witches, separating fact from fiction.
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SECTIONS
- 01:40 - Salem Is a Spooky Massachusetts Witch City - The Salem Witch Trials
- 18:13 - Burn the Witch - A history of witch hunting, the Hammer of Witches, the Great Hunt, notable witch trials, swimming a witch
- 27:27 - The Devils of Loudon
- 32:32 - The Spanish Inquisition
- 35:35 - Waking the Witch - Belief in witches, the witch-cult hypothesis, new Paganism and Wicca
- 43:47 - Miss Macbeth - Broomsticks, black cats, witches as marginalized people
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