10. THAT TRIAL WAS F**CKED

Join us in part 1 of THAT TRIAL WAS F**KED, where Felicia starts to wrap up our exploration into Medieval European witch hunts in a journey though the "justice" system. We are going to be discussing a newly adopted theory about why religious institutions used witch hunts as a marketing tactic to gain followers and cover 5 very famous trails that laid the foundation for the Salem witch trials. These trials are some of the most famous in occult history for reasons such as their sheer size or just their general absurdity. **CONTENT WARNING** Please be advised that this episode contains conversations and verbal depictions of Medieval torture methods used on accused and convicted witches. Listener discretion is advised. Sources for this episode are https://www.peterleeson.com/Witch_Trials.pdf https://www.history.com/news/beyond-salem-6-lesser-known-witch-trials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trier_witch_trials https://www.history.com/news/how-medieval-churches-used-witch-hunts-to-gain-more-followers https://www.history.com/news/7-bizarre-witch-trial-tests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulda_witch_trials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valais_witch_trials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg_witch_trials https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft/The-witch-hunts http://www.lukemastin.com/witchcraft/trials_fulda.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balthasar_von_Dernbach