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Podcast: Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Episode: SALEM’S MOST BRUTAL EXECUTION: The 1692 Death of Giles Corey | #WDRadio WEEK OF AUG 31, 2025
Description: When the Salem witch trials reached their peak of hysteria in 1692, 81-year-old Giles Corey became the only person in American history to receive a court-ordered execution by crushing, defiantly gasping "more weight" as stones were piled on his chest over two agonizing days. His gruesome death, carried out in a public pit where neighbors could watch, helped turn the tide against the witch trials as witnesses realized no true servant of Satan would endure such torture with such stubborn defiance.==========HOUR ONE: Like many desolate places, the Arctic has its share of ghost stories and haunted legends floating ar...