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Stuff You Missed in History Class

Mary Dyer and the Boston Martyrs

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, History

4.224.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Mary Dyer endured religious persecution and personal tragedy. Then, she was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for her religious activities.

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The stuff they don't want you to know, podcast, explores the world of the unexplained.

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Now host Ben, Matt, and Noel are returning to I Heartland on Roblox for a special event

0:10.7

at State Farm Park to dig into one of the wackiest conspiracy theories ever that the Earth

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is flat.

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So be there starting Thursday, April 27th at 7pm Easter, as the guys celebrate Earth Day

0:22.4

by debunking every flatter theory on the globe.

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Plus, don't forget to ride the Ferris Wheel at the State Farm neighborhood for the best

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views of I Heartland.

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Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History class, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Hello and welcome to the podcast, I'm Tracy V. Wilson, and I'm Holly Fry.

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The other day, I took a long walk through Boston, and that walk took me past the statue

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of Mary Dyer that's in front of the East Wing of the Massachusetts State House.

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And every time I've gone by there, I've been really curious about her, and we've gotten

1:03.3

some listener requests for an episode on her as well.

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Mary Dyer and Ann Hutchinson were two of the women who were banished from Massachusetts

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Bay Colony for their religious activities in the 17th century, although Ann Hutchinson

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is probably the one whose name is a little better known today.

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There is a statue of her in front of the State House as well, but it's a little bit farther

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back from the road.

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It's like not the side of the State House.

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I walk past the most often, so she just hasn't caught my eye as much.

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We are going to talk a bit about Hutchinson in this episode, though, because these two

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