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Episode Two: Puritans On The Edge

Episode Two: Puritans On The Edge

FromWitch Hunt Podcast


Episode Two: Puritans On The Edge

FromWitch Hunt Podcast

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Oct 2, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What was it about the villagers of Salem that made them the people most likely to unleash a witchcraft Hysteria? We spoke with Dr. Mary Beth Norton, the country's top historian, for the answer.
Released:
Oct 2, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (25)

Witch Hunt explores history's most infamous witch hunts (literal and metaphorical) and the history of scapegoating. Season one examines the Salem Witch Trials and season two covers the Great Satanic Panic of the 1980's and 90's.