The Thing About the Salem Witch Trials · Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack

The Devil's Conspiracy: How Fear of a Demonic Plot Made the Salem Witch Trials Possible

·15 min

This episode explores how the widespread fear of a demonic conspiracy to destroy Puritan society fueled the Salem witch trials of 1692, tracing the origins of this apocalyptic panic.

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