Specters of Accused Witches John Willard and Susannah Martin Torment the Afflicted: May 11, 1692

May 11, 1692: Willard’s Dish Crossing and the Jacobs & Martin DepositionsWe take you straight into May 11, 1692, as Susannah Sheldon claims she saw accused witch John Willard and an old man cross water in a dish and later tempt her with the devil’s book, while Elizabeth Hubbard reports Willard’s apparition tormenting her to sign. Salem magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin press George Jacobs Sr. amid violent fits, pin-pulling accusations, and long-running claims that he has practiced witchcraft for decades, alongside fresh depositions from Ann Putnam Jr., Thomas Putnam, and John Putnam Jr. We then shift to Salisbury testimony revived against Susannah Martin—nighttime spectral assaults, mysterious blood in a bucket, bewitched lights on the road, and a prolonged affliction doctors call supernatural—linking earlier accusations to her 1692 conviction and July 19 execution.00:00 Welcome and Hosts00:10 Willard Apparitions Reported00:47 George Jacobs Examined01:53 Depositions Against Jacobs02:34 Peach vs Susannah Martin04:05 Corn Husking Threat05:03 Pressy Haunted by Light07:06 Brown Family Affliction09:31 Old Charges Resurface10:00 Outcome and Wrap UpLinksSalem Witch Trials History YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCliis4vjMIUgg3wcA0pXeYQ/⁠Salem Witch Trials Daily Hub: https://aboutsalem.com/salem-witch-trials-daily/⁠⁠The Thing About the Salem Witch Trials: https://aboutsalem.com⁠⁠The Thing About Witch Hunts: https://aboutwitchhunts.com⁠⁠Mary Beth Norton, In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780375706905⁠Bernard Rosenthal, ed., Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781107689619⁠⁠Emerson W. Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780190627805⁠⁠Marilynne K. Roach, The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781589791329⁠High Quality Scans of Original Court Documents - Peabody Essex Museum Salem Witch Trials Collection: https://pem.quartexcollections.com/collections/salem-witch-trials-collection