The Drums of Tedworth Manor Mystery

In 1661, a magistrate in Wiltshire confiscated a vagrant drummer's drum. Then the drum started playing itself. For two years. This is the story of the haunting that terrified Restoration England, attracted a Royal Society fellow with a notebook, and left fingerprints on the Salem witch trials. Snarkives Podcasts will always be free to listen. If you want to help keep the lights on, Moxie in treats, and me caffeinated enough to keep posting episodes, you can toss a few dollars in the tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/snarkives    Sources Michael Hunter, "New Light on the Drummer of Tedworth," Historical Research 78 (2005) Joseph Glanvill, Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) — available via Internet Archive Julie Davies, Science in an Enchanted World: Philosophy and Witchcraft in the Work of Joseph Glanvill (Routledge, 2022) Cotton Mather, Wonders of the Invisible World (1693) A.L. Beier, Masterless Men: The Vagrancy Problem in England 1560–1640 (Methuen, 1985) Episode art: engraving from Glanvill, Saducismus Triumphatus (1681). Public domain.