Episode 2: A Witch in Lafayette

A terrible murder. A witch's curse. A town destined to burn. Lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford tells the story of an urban legend with real history behind it. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276872#sec003 https://www.languageconnections.com/blog/magic-witches-around-the-world/ https://davidcorkermurder.tombstonesproject.org/ https://oregontic.com/oregon-historical-markers/joel-perkins/ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Perkins-8958 https://newlafayette.org/lafayette-history/lafayette-fires-setting-record-straight/ https://greenlettucead.com/lafayette-oregon-urban-legend/ https://www.co.yamhill.or.us/content/brief-history-yamhill-county#:~:text=Dayton%20and%20McMinnville%2C%20both%20smaller,small%20but%20rapidly%20growing%20city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamhill_County_Courthouse