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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 72 The Salem Witch Trials
Description:
I have always been intrigued by the events in Salem Village in 1692. What happened there over the course of the year set the bar for unnecessary persecutions, and religious fanaticism. The circumstances under which these events occurred are not nearly as cut and dry as one would think. In order to flesh out the social nuances, I needed to find THE expert, and I found that in Richard Trask.
*From his website*
Historian Richard Trask is a leading authority on the Salem witch-hunt of 1692. He serves as Town Archivist for Danvers (formerly Salem...