Episode 202: WITCH!

Not Today

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were a series of hearings and prosecutions in colonial Massachusetts, where 20 people were executed and over 200 accused of practicing witchcraft. The accusations made by a group of young girls, fueled by religious fervor, social tensions, and political instability, led to a widespread panic. The events left a lasting impact on American history, serving as a cautionary tale about the consequences of fear-based justice.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Steph. I'm Alex. And we're live.
0:13.0	Hello.
0:15.0	And we're live.
0:20.0	Hello.
0:22.0	How are you? Fantastic. How are you?
0:23.0	Fantastic.
0:24.0	How are you?
0:25.0	I'm good.
0:26.0	It's spooky season.
0:28.0	Halloween's upon us.
0:30.0	Almost.
0:31.0	Well, if it's October 1st, it's upon us.
0:33.2	Yeah, I mean, this episode will come out in like late October,
0:36.6	so yeah.
0:38.2	You know that meme or that video of that person dressed like colonial times and they're pointing at the camera and they go
0:44.8	which! Yes. That is very much the vibe of this episode. Okay. Because we're talking about the
0:52.3	Salem witch trials, which I knew general facts about, but it's fun because it's it's just how like the gossip mill went so wrong.
1:02.0	Yeah, like killed so many people.
1:04.0	Yeah, I was actually surprised at the number of people that were killed in Salem.
1:08.0	It's not as big as you would think.
1:10.0	I mean, still a life lost as bad, but it was not hundreds it was like 19. Oh for the amount of
1:16.1	attention that it receives well it was horrifying well I know but I thought it was
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