Episode 323 : The Salem Witch Trials
Life After MLM
Roberta Blevins
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Michelle is here and we are diving into the factual history behind the events of the Salem Witch Trials, starting with the now out-of-print Chick Tract that's the most historically accurate one I've ever read. In today's Culty History lesson, we discuss "spectral evidence", the impact of accusations, and the underlying motives of land disputes, while drawing parallels between the trials and modern societal fears. Throughout our chat, we emphasize the cyclical nature of mass hysteria events and the importance of understanding history so we are not doomed to repeat it.
But first, the McRib is back and we need to talk about it.
Show Notes
Furious McDonald’s fans erupt after cult classic McRib sells out within hours of return
How McDonald's McRib Became A Cult Classic
Chick Tract of the Week! : Satan Comes to Salem (Out of Print)
Sources:
A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials
World History.org - Salem Witch Trials
History.com - Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project
The Truth About the Salem Witch Trials (TikTok)
What Caused the Salem Witch Crisis? P1 (TikTok)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Roberta Blevins, and this is live after MLM, a podcast where we worked and the stigma of failure in an industry systemically designed for you to fail. |
| 0:20.1 | Join us as we dive into the real lifelife stories of survivors, experts, and advocates as we |
| 0:25.7 | debunk the common myths and fallacies of cults, frauds, scams, and multi-level marketing. |
| 0:31.6 | Thank you. The |
| 0:40.3 | The The The |
| 1:13.6 | The Hey, HunBuds and Hun Bros. |
| 1:38.0 | Hello. |
| 1:38.9 | We've got a couple things to cover really quick today before we get into this episode, |
| 1:42.7 | which I think you guys are going to absolutely love. I loved researching it. I loved recording it and I loved editing it. It's a really fun one. First, I want to say, I have seen the Dare video. It has been sent to me and I have been tagged in it a bunch of times. We are looking into it. We're going to do an episode, whether it's a short little housekeeping or whether |
| 2:01.2 | it's a full episode is up to how much I can find. But I have seen it. And we are going to be |
| 2:06.2 | diving into that in a future episode. Oh, I think it merits a full episode, to be honest with you. |
| 2:12.0 | It's a little interesting what I've uncovered so far. Yeah. Hannah and I have been talking back |
| 2:16.6 | and forth and sharing some information |
| 2:18.1 | and sources because I think she's working on something too. So I'm interested to see what she finds. |
| 2:22.6 | I'm interested to see what I find and kind of how we take that information and how we present it. |
| 2:27.5 | You know, it would be interesting if you could get someone who actually is like a retired cop, |
| 2:32.6 | someone in law enforcement that actually participated in it. I'd be very interested. I would too. I have a lead and I'm going to make a phone call or at least send a text and see what I can find. So again, episode coming in the future. But the other episode that I've been researching is housekeeping and that's for today. We've been doing these little harmless fun colts. We're going to share this now. If this is not your jam and you guys don't like the fluff |
| 2:55.2 | and the fun kind of stuff, skip ahead, listen to the episode. If not, stick around. So before we get |
| 3:01.4 | into what we're going to talk about today, I posted on Instagram and I asked everybody, what is your |
| 3:07.4 | go-to seasonal cult favorite menu |
| 3:09.5 | item? We're going to read them here. So a lot of you guys like eggnog, not my favorite flavor. |
| 3:14.7 | Ugh. The eggnog shake at Culvers, which they don't bring back anymore. And the OG eggnog |
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