Martha Carrier and the thing like a pig

Susannah Sheldon’s Sixth Day of Torment and Repairs at Boston JailWe take you straight into Friday, April 29, 1692, as Susannah Sheldon endures a sixth consecutive day of torment and reports a terrifying night visitation by the specters of Bridget Bishop, Mary English, Giles Cory, and Martha Cory. We follow her account as Martha presses the devil’s book, claims to be in Boston Prison, and describes a grotesque scene involving the “black man” and a creature like a hairless black pig, before Bridget and the “black man” boast that Bridget killed four women, naming two Fosters’ wives and John Trask’s wife. We also track the real-world fallout in Boston Jail, where Jailer John Arnold buys boards, locks, and nails to mend the jail and keeper’s house at a cost of seven pounds, five shillings, and nine pence.00:00 Show Introduction00:14 Susannah Sheldon Tormented00:28 Martha Corys Dark Vision00:56 Bridget Bishops Confession01:20 Boston Jail Repairs01:44 Thanks And Subscribe