Welcome to Lore Legends, a subset of lore episodes that explore the strange tales we whisper

in the dark, even if they can't always be proven by the history books.

So if you're ready, let's begin.

Word Association is a powerful concept.

It's that thing that happens when someone says a word and hearing it immediately triggers

something else.

If I say vampire, you'll most likely think of Dracula, despite popular culture being

filled with other examples.

And the word clown, for most of you, triggers the image of the grinning monster from Stephen

King's masterpiece It.

For Americans, if I mentioned witchcraft, the first thing that would come to mind is actually

the name of a location.

It's a place that has become synonymous with false accusations, kangaroo courts, and hangings

that occurred during the early 1690s.

Salem.

But witchcraft wasn't confined to just one part of New England.

In fact, witches were prominent all over the Eastern seaboard, including some places

you might not have expected.

After all, a witch wasn't a witch because of where she lived.

As Brazilian novelist Paulo Coyue once wrote, a witch is a woman that is capable of letting

her intuition take hold of her actions that communes with her environment that isn't

afraid of facing challenges.

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