The Thing About Salem: Inside the Salem Witch Trials

The Thing About Salem

Are you curious about the Salem Witch Trials? Fascinated? Intrigued? Maybe even fully obsessed? Josh and Sarah from The Thing About Witch Hunts podcast bring you The Thing About Salem, a podcast dedicated to uncovering all things about the Salem Witch Trials. Each week, in 15 minutes or less, you’ll go through all the feels as we share a story and a discussion. You will cry, rage, and even laugh a little about some of the silliness, like the witch cake baked with the urine of the afflicted girls. Early topics include Tituba, The Crucible, poppets, the witches’ sabbath, and witch marks. In future episodes, we will peel back all the layers of the witch trials.

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Listen to Salem Witch Trials episodes of The Thing About Witch Hunts podcast

And enjoy some Salem episodes of our other podcast, The Thing About Witch Hunts. We wear our serious pants over there and talk to smarty pantses (a lot of pants are involved). Enjoy a longer episode or take a bite with one of our “Witch Hunt 15” abridged versions.

Play every Salem Witch Trials episode of Witch Hunt (soon to be The Thing About Witch Hunts).


Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack at Putnam Pantry in Danvers, Massachusetts
Hosts Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack at Putnam Pantry in Danvers, MA, the town formerly known as Salem Village. Many of our ancestors lived in Salem Village in 1692. Putnam Pantry is located next to the former home of Joseph Putnam, the cool one who reportedly kept his horse saddled so he and his wife could ride away if anyone accused them of witchcraft. Today, you’ll find friendly folks and wicked awesome ice cream in the shop-slash-restaurant.