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The Hartford Witch Panic | America’s Forgotten First Witch Panic
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Robert Barber presents a chilling deep dive into one of America’s earliest witch trials.
Before Salem, fear gripped Hartford, Connecticut.
In 1662, unexplained deaths, superstition, and hysteria sparked the nation’s first witch panic — and left a legacy history nearly forgot.
In this episode of State of the Unknown, we trace the eerie and emotional story of the Hartford Witch Trials — a dark origin point in America's haunted past.
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Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. The Setting – Hartford in the 1600s (00:02:45)
3. Alse Young & the First American Execution for Witchcraft (00:05:46)
4. The Accused & Executed (00:08:10)
5. What They Feared – Witchcraft, Illness & the Devil at the Door (00:12:11)
6. Witch Bottles, Iron Nails, and the Magic Hidden Beneath the Floorboards (00:15:49)
7. Why We Forgot – The Erasure of Connecticut’s Witch Trials (00:18:40)
8. Cultural Legacy & Modern Echoes (00:21:31)
9. Final Thoughts & Outro (00:23:51)
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