EPISODE · Apr 18, 2026 · 2 MIN
Bridget Bishop was an Afterthought when 3 other High Profile Witchcraft Suspects were Arrested: Salem Witch Trials Daily April 18
from Salem Witch Trials Daily · host Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack
April 18, 1692: Four More Arrests, and a Name AddedFour more suspects were arrested on Monday, April 18, 1692—Giles Corey, Mary Warren, Abigail Hobbs, and Bridget Bishop—with Bishop named as a suspect for the first time in a warrant that shows her name inserted after the document was initially written. Earlier that day, John Putnam Jr. and Ezekiel Cheever complained that the four had bewitched Ann Putnam Jr., Mercy Lewis, Abigail Williams, Mary Walcott, and Elizabeth Hubbard. Three days earlier, Putnam’s infant had died, and he later tied the death to the Towne family, including Rebecca Nurse, Mary Esty, and Sarah Cloyce. Magistrates ordered Essex County marshal George Herrick to make the arrests and summon multiple witnesses, and the suspects were taken to Ingersoll’s Ordinary, a central Salem Village site used to stage prisoners and examinations.00:00 Daily Introduction00:09 Four Arrests Named00:25 Warrant And Complaints00:56 Putnam Infant Death01:22 Marshal Summons Witnesses01:40 Ingersoll Ordinary Setting02:01 Why Ingersoll Matters02:24 Next Day Examinations
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April 18, 1692: Four More Arrests, and a Name AddedFour more suspects were arrested on Monday, April 18, 1692—Giles Corey, Mary Warren, Abigail Hobbs, and Bridget Bishop—with Bishop named as a suspect for the first time in a warrant that shows her name inserted after the document was initially written. Earlier that day, John Putnam Jr. and Ezekiel Cheever complained that the four had bewitched Ann Putnam Jr., Mercy Lewis, Abigail Williams, Mary Walcott, and Elizabeth Hubbard. Three days earlier, Putnam’s infant had died, and he later tied the death to the Towne family, including Rebecca Nurse, Mary Esty, and Sarah Cloyce. Magistrates ordered Essex County marshal George Herrick to make the arrests and summon multiple witnesses, and the suspects were taken to Ingersoll’s Ordinary, a central Salem Village site used to stage prisoners and examinations.00:00 Daily Introduction00:09 Four Arrests Named00:25 Warrant And Complaints00:56 Putnam Infant Death01:22 Marshal Summons Witnesses01:40 Ingersoll Ordinary Setting02:01 Why Ingersoll Matters02:24 Next Day Examinations
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Bridget Bishop was an Afterthought when 3 other High Profile Witchcraft Suspects were Arrested: Salem Witch Trials Daily April 18
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