FtV - Hartford: New England’s First Witch Execution
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 20 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit the site of America’s first witch trial and execution in downtown Hartford, Connecticut. Then they travel north of Hartford to Windsor to speak with author Beth Caruso about Alse Young, the first victim. We’ll learn Young wasn’t alone, and this was decades before the 1692 Salem trials. Did Connecticut cover-up their own witch trials? This episode first aired July 26, 2018.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, legendary listeners. |
| 0:01.7 | Thanks for tuning in to From the Vault, a second look at some of our classic episodes. |
| 0:06.1 | Look for a new episode every week. |
| 0:07.8 | Now, can you go back and listen on your own at our New England Legends.com? |
| 0:11.6 | You bet. |
| 0:12.2 | But you won't get the added bonus of an after-the-legion segment featuring new commentary about that episode from your old pals Jeff and Ray. |
| 0:20.7 | So let's open up the new england |
| 0:22.0 | legends vault and revisit another legendary episode well welcome to another episode of from the vault |
| 0:30.5 | from the vault where we go back and take a second look and a deeper dive into some of your |
| 0:35.8 | favorite new england legends this one is unique yeah i like to think they all are look and a deeper dive into some of your favorite New England legends. |
| 0:38.1 | This one is unique. |
| 0:40.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:40.4 | I like to think they all are. |
| 0:41.6 | But this is going to surprise a few people who are fans of Salem. |
| 0:44.9 | Fans of Salem, absolutely. |
| 0:46.8 | First aired July 26, 2018. |
| 0:49.6 | Enjoy. |
| 0:51.8 | Ray, when I ask you to name the first town that comes to mind when you think of which trials in New England, you would say... |
| 0:57.2 | No question. |
| 0:58.2 | Salem, Massachusetts. |
| 0:59.3 | Exactly. |
| 1:00.1 | All right. |
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