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The Thing About Witch Hunts
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The nonprofit podcast that covers the past, present, and future of witch hunts. We talk about the witch trials of the past and the modern crisis of extrajudicial violence against persons suspected of witchcraft.
@thethingaboutsalem.bsky.social and The Thing About Witch Hunts present your chance to win a copy of the hit new graphic novel about the Salem Witch Trials, More Weight by Ben Wickey. For more, read the Alt Text or visit witchhuntshow.com/2025/09/17/t...
September 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Watch or listen to Illustrating the Salem Witch Trials: Ben Wickey on His Graphic Novel More Weight to learn about this amazing new literary work.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
They would have her climb a tree, and she would climb a tree, and they would cut it down. If she survived, okay. she was a witch, because the devil saved her. If she didn't survive, she wasn't a witch, but she'd be dead.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We had the opportunity to interview the amazing Ben Wickey, author and illustrator of the brilliant More Weight: A Salem Story. Look for the interview Wednesday, September 17. Read the alt text for more on the book, which will be available September 23. Pre-order now.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The Other: Understanding Witch hunts
ONLINE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2025, 7-8:30pm ET

Join award-winning historian Emerson “Tad” Baker in this wide-ranging discussion of New England witch hunts, guest moderated by podcasters Sarah Jack and Josh Hutchinson
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September 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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September 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Origin Story of World Day Against Witch Hunts August 10th
August 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Check out the highlights of our new episode, History of the Witches' Sabbath

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History of The Witches' Sabbath in a Nutshell #witchcraft #sabbath
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July 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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The Thing About Witch Hunts Podcast
The Thing About Witch Hunts is the weekly podcast covering witch trials and harmful practices related to accusations of witchcraft and ritual attacks (modern-day violence against people accused of wit...
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July 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In the witch trial era, the witch was understood as an entirely malign concept. This perception was based on the belief that a person could covenant with the devil to gain power to harm others, to hurt their community, to go against the plan of the patriarchal government and ministers.
July 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Have you visited the Springfield Museums engaging exhibit on Hugh and Mary Lewis Parsons? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Witch Panic: Massachusetts Before Salem: Behind the Scenes with Elizabeth Kapp of the Springfield Museums
Podcast Episode · The Thing About Witch Hunts · 07/02/2025 · 41m
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July 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Witches?! In Salem!? tries to be a very, like, faithful retelling of sort of the actual history while also, you know, adding in sort of the aspects of modern-day that maybe correlate a little bit with it and sort of try to draw a horrible sense of, like, humor.
June 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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June 20, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Juneteenth, Freedom Day, marks the momentous occasion on June 19th, 1865, when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas learned of their freedom more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.
June 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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New Epi Out Now!
Why The Crucible Never Gets Old
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Why The Crucible Never Gets Old
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June 15, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Today is International Albinism Awareness Day. Take in what Jay says is being done to persons with albinism.
"People are using the body parts of people with albinism to perform ritual and that is causing mayhem or causing people with albinism to lose their lives, because of other people beliefs."
June 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
There was over 35 people who were accused of witchcraft and interrogated in Paisley, Scotland, and out of the 35, 8 of them were found guilty. Seven were executed on June 10, 1697.

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June 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM