77. Witches or Martyrs: The Salem Witch Trials

Hard Times and True Crimes

The trials began in 1692 when a group of young girls in the Puritan village of Salem, Massachusetts claimed they were being tormented by local women who were practicing witchcraft.

Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth

Music by Isaiah Hildreth

Sources:

Killing Witches by Bill O’Riley
O'Reilly, B., & Dugard, M. (2023). Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts

https://salemwitchmuseum.com/my-account/history-education/

https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3578

https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/puritans.htm

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-crucible/critical-essays/historical-period-puritans-in-salem

https://www.history.com/news/salem-witch-trials-first-accused-woman-slave

https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n95.html

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=the+puritans&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Puritanism

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/way-more-than-the-scarlet-letter-puritan-punishments/

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-samuelparris/

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM

https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n38.html

https://historyofmassachusetts.org/reverend-george-burroughs-salem/

https://www.themonastery.org/blog/seven-strange-and-barbaric-witch-tests-used-in-the-salem-witch-trials?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD9lAltiDnTytAw3jj5g9ZLYRO3bc&gclid=CjwKCAjwvKi4BhABEiwAH2gcw_g8-36rbr8gI1NWQv3DaTj-urRQ3qusZo3nTTAIII2k-mu6Kdk8VhoCrsYQAvD_BwE

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Water’s Edge Church- Salem Witch Trials

The Gospel Coalition Teaching Salem Witch Trials

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