Show Notes
Many people claimed to see ghosts during the Salem Witch Trials. We tell some of the ghost stories reported in testimony. Ghosts were usually said to appear in their winding sheets, or burial shrouds. Sometimes 1 ghost appeared, other times hosts of ghosts visited. From cries of vengeance to angry, red ghosts, we cover the bases.
Ghost stories were most often spun by the afflicted persons, who claimed ghosts told them that people accused of witchcraft had murdered them. We cover sightings of George Burroughs’ wives, the 13 people allegedly killed by Martha Carrier, a visit by a shining man, and much more.
Chapters
- 00:00 Haunted History Intro
- 00:42 Ghosts And Specters Explained
- 02:48 Burroughs Wives Accusations
- 06:03 Thirteen Ghosts In Court
- 07:49 Angel Of Light Encounter
- 09:39 Putnam Grief And Nurse
- 11:30 Mary Esty Returns
- 14:24 More Shrouded Ghosts
- 18:15 Boys Men And Cruel Claims
- 21:39 Hauntings Harm And Wrap Up
Links
- Salem Witch-Hunt Facebook Page
- Salem Witch Trials History YouTube
- The Thing About the Salem Witch Trials
- Salem Witch Trials Daily
- The Thing About Witch Hunts
- High Quality Scans of Salem Witch Trials Records (Peabody Essex Museum Salem Witch Trials Collection)
- Bernard Rosenthal, ed., Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt
- Emerson W. Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
- Marilynne K. Roach, The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege
- Mary Beth Norton, In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692