Part 2 Witch Hunts - The Salem Witch Trials

Wife of Crime

Jess & Russ

True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In part two of our Witch Hunts mini series, I’m telling Russ all about the infamous Salem Witch Trials. It all started when a group of little girls began screaming, rolling on the ground, claiming witches were attacking them and every adult around them absolutely fed into the chaos. Life in Salem, Massachusetts was already brutal, and the people were desperate for someone to blame. What followed became one of the darkest and most absurd chapters in American history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is an unscripted, unedited conversation about true crime.
0:05.1	We take the cases very seriously, but I don't take myself seriously at all, and neither should you.
0:10.8	Welcome to Wife of Crime.
0:12.7	So, Russ.
0:14.3	In part one, I told you about the origin story of witch hunts and which trials, where this mindset came from, where it all
0:24.7	began. And now we're heading to America, to a small village called Salem, where a group of
0:31.9	little girls started screaming and a whole town descended into chaos.
0:38.4	This is the case of the Salem Witch Trials.
1:08.1	The Hello, everyone. Welcome back to Wife Crime, a true crime podcast where I tell my husband Russ, true crime stories and he reacts to them.
1:12.4	What's up, folks? Your boy Russ, aka watch out for that tree.
1:13.1	Oh, God.
1:16.8	AKA your favorite profiler's favorite profiler.
1:20.1	Your favorite profiler's favorite profiler.
1:20.5	Yeah.
1:23.7	So whatever your favorite profiler is, I'm their favorite profile.
1:25.0	All right.
1:25.9	Your profiling skills have improved over the years.
1:29.8	I feel like they've been on point since the beginning.
1:33.1	I just had to polish my delivery a little bit.
1:35.1	I think that's probably accurate.
1:37.0	Yeah.
1:37.3	I've known you way longer than we've done this podcast.
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