History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind · Diane Student

Witches in America Redux

·39 min·3 clips
Pat Fitzhugh heard a baby cry after slapping a gravestone, only to find it marked an infant's burial.
This episode revisits witches in America, focusing on historical witch narratives like the Bell Witch, Leather Lips, and the Witches of Abiquiu. It includes an interview with expert Pat Fitzhugh on the Bell Witch haunting and explores modern witchcraft practices like Wicca.

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A brisk witch-history tour that treats folklore, fear, and the Bell Witch with equal curiosity.

History Goes Bump leans into the Bell Witch first, then broadens into Salem, other witch hunts, Native American witches, and the shifting ways people have defined witches.

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You want the Bell Witch story with history and folklore, told conversationally.

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