New England was already struggling with war, anxiety, national insecurity, disease, food, and economic instability: Now that the Witch Trials are well underway, anxiety goes from troubling to crippling. 6 people have been hung to death, and stories of giant witch covens become far more elaborate. Rumors that 300 witches are trying to turn the New World into Satan's kingdom lead to fear and mistrust among even the most stable families, and even worse, a trusted minister in the church just might be leading the entire evil crusade.

Women are experiencing crippling seizures, bite marks, bleeding at the mouth, sickness, possession, and a host of symptoms no one can control or fully explain. What's happening? Listen and learn about one of the most important turning points of the Salem Witch Trials.

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For Further Reading: (Books/articles) on the Salem Witch Trials

Mather, Cotton. The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England

Rosenthal, Bernard, ed. The Records of the Salem Witch Hunt.

Boyer, Paul and Nissenbaum, Stephen, Salem Village Witchcraft

Kors, Alan Charles and Edward Peters. Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700 A Documentary History

Marilynne K. Roach, The Salem Witch Trials.

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