In Salem, proclaiming your innocence could get you hanged, while confessing to witchcraft might save your life.
This episode explores the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, examining the Puritan beliefs, social divisions, and legal procedures that led to the accusations and executions of over 100 people. Experts discuss key figures like the afflicted girls, Tituba, and Cotton Mather, and analyze how fear, family feuds, and frontier conflicts fueled the hysteria, which ended only when elite members were implicated.
