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Infamous America

SALEM Ep. 8 | Interview: Elizabeth Peterson

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, History

4.73K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Elizabeth Peterson is the Director of the Witch House and Pioneer Village in Salem. The Witch House is the home of judge Jonathan Corwin and has been preserved as a museum to give visitors a rare glimpse into the life of a judge of the Salem witch trials. We met Elizabeth in the house to hear about the lives of Puritans, the perspective of the judges during the trials, and much more. For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the final episode of Infamous America Season 1, Salem.

0:08.3

For this interview, I met with Elizabeth Peterson, the director of the Witchhouse and

0:12.4

Pioneer Village in Salem.

0:14.7

The Witchhouse is a great piece of living history that has been preserved and restored

0:18.7

to give us insight into numerous facets of the Salem Witch Trials.

0:23.3

The house was the home of Magistrate and Judge Jonathan Corwin, and it's full of exhibits

0:28.2

that illuminate life in Salem in 1692 and also give us a glimpse behind the curtain

0:33.4

of the Witch Trials.

0:35.0

I talked to Elizabeth about Judge Corwin in his home, the trials from a judge's point

0:39.4

of view, and since it's in a city famous for hauntings, had she ever experienced anything

0:45.2

strange or ghostly in the old house.

0:48.2

Elizabeth was kind enough to meet me right before the house opened to the public, so near

0:52.0

the end of the interview, you'll hear some sounds of the staff getting ready to open the

0:55.6

doors to the throngs of visitors.

0:58.5

Here's Elizabeth Peterson.

1:02.8

The search is heating up for the people who make football better, people like Sally Butler.

1:07.6

It's really us about putting mums on the pitch where they belong.

1:11.0

Jimmy the Moa.

1:12.0

It might only be a council feel next to the tip, but around here if it's Wembley.

1:16.0

Rachel has still a bit of soapy downing.

1:18.1

Bringing women's football to a wider audience.

1:20.8

Entries are rolling in.

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