Connecticut Witch Trials Before Salem: The Play Windsor's Daughter Restores Alice Young's Legacy

Alice Young was the first person executed for witchcraft in the American colonies, in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1647, before the Salem witch trials. Award-winning author Beth Caruso and playwright Lauren Cavanaugh join Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack to explore her story and the new play Windsor's Daughter that is bringing her life back into the light.This conversation moves between historical research and present-day resonance, asking what it means to memorialize people whose graves were never marked, whose names faded from community memory, and whose persecution mirrors patterns still unfolding today.WHAT YOU WILL LEARNWhy Alice Young's 1647 execution changed American historyWhy her name nearly vanished from historyWhat made Windsor, Connecticut, a powder kegHow a play brings her execution to the stage without showing itWhy there is no grave to visitWhat the 2023 exoneration meant for her descendantsHow her story connects to persecution happening todayWhere to follow Windsor's Daughter as it finds its stageLinksAuthor Beth Caruso at OneofWindsor.com https://www.oneofwindsor.com/Playwright Lauren Cavanaugh https://hartford.culturalyst.com/CavanaughLMCConnecticutwitchtrials.org https://connecticutwitchtrials.org/Listen to more CT Witch Trials Podcast Episodes https://connecticutwitchtrials.org/witch-hunt-podcast/Support the Podcast Buy a Witch Trial History Book! https://bookshop.org/lists/connecticut-witch-trials