Massachusetts Witchcraft Trials 101 Part 1: 1648-1656

In Part 1 of Thou Shalt Not Suffer: The Witch Trial Podcast’s Massachusetts Witchcraft Trials 101 series, we start at the beginning of witch hunt history in Massachusetts Bay Colony, decades before the famous Salem Witch-Hunt. This episode focuses on the stories of those accused of witchcraft who faced trial in Boston, including Margaret Jones, Alice Lake, Elizabeth Kendall, Anne Hibbins, John Bradstreet, Jane Walford, and Eunice Cole. The Massachusetts Witch-Hunt Justice Project is asking for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to proclaim the innocence of its witch trial victims.  The convicted victims talked about in this episode have not been exonerated, and no Massachusetts witchcraft trial victim has received an official apology. Please visit our project website at massachusettswitchtrials.org for more, and please take a moment to sign and share the project petition at change.org/witchtrialsPetition to recognize those accused of witchcraft in MassachusettsList of those accused of witchcraft in MassachusettsWitch-Hunting in Seventeenth Century New EnglandThe Devil in the Shape of a WomanEntertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New EnglandEnd Witch HuntsSupport the show