The HAUNTING Lies of Salem Witch Trials

Chris Distefano Presents: Chrissy Chaos

Chris Distefano

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS. In this chilling episode of Christories, we uncover the truth behind one of the darkest chapters in American colonial history. Forget what you’ve heard about witches being burned—this story is even more haunting. We explore how fear, superstition, and power dynamics led to the wrongful execution of 19 people, mostly women. You’ll learn who was accused, who benefited, and why it spiraled out of control. From teenage girls to political grudges, nothing was as simple as it seemed. Listen to the full Christories episode on the Salem Witch Trials to uncover the real story behind the myth. SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS True Classic - Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at https://trueclassic.com/CHAOS! #trueclassicpod Christories Disclaimer* it is important to note that Christories knowledge and understanding of historical events, facts, and figures may not be 100% accurate or complete! Note that information in this episode has been lightly researched and we encourage you to continue your learning outside of this episode too, Babes! Follow us Muffin Butt! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Chris Distefano Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chrisdcomedy/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/chrisdcomedy Website - https://www.chrisdcomedy.com/ 🙋‍♀️ Venetia Geras - Writer / Producer Website - https://www.venetiageras.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/venetiaageras/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/venetiaageras 🎥 Steve Ciccone - Editor Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/erthtone/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@erthtone John Grady - Graphic Designer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/gradydesign/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? I'm Chris DiStefano, aka Christorese de Stefano, and this is Chris DeSteers. Welcome to Christories.
0:06.5	All right, today we're going to go back in time to the 1600s, Massachusetts, when you can get killed for gossip, you can get killed for being weird, or you can just get killed for being a woman.
0:17.2	That's right, the Salem witch Trials baby burn, bitch!
0:46.8	All right, 1692. This is the year. 1692. 200 years after Christopher Columbus discovered this nation.
0:56.1	Tell that to the Native Americans. Okay. 1692, Christianity, dominant religion across colonial America and Europe.
1:03.2	Most people believed in heaven and hell, the devil is real, and an active force, and the Bible is literally the truth.
1:03.9	Hey, Mom.
1:11.6	1692, the belief in the supernatural was widespread like my asshole. Witches and the devil were considered real threats, folks.
1:16.6	They believed it to be real.
1:19.6	They believed to be real.
1:20.6	The devil was everywhere.
1:22.6	You could see it.
1:23.6	The internet wasn't around yet.
1:25.6	Even though now we know the internet is the devil back
1:28.6	then pre-internet devil they would just actually see the devil and they usually saw it inside a woman
1:32.9	who they thought was lying or having an affair it's just what it was illness crop failure any type
1:38.4	of misfortune sudden death witchcraft everything is witchcraft witchcraft witchcraft witchcraft
1:42.5	you're a witch she's a witch witch. Everybody gets a witch. Not nature, not disease. No, witches. That was real. And the communities were tight-knit. They were anxious and they were always looking for someone to blame. They always wanted to blame. Nobody could look within themselves. That wasn't invented yet.
2:02.3	That wasn't a skill that people had to have self-reflection.
2:05.4	Instead, everything was everybody else's fault.
2:07.5	But not me, not me.
2:09.1	Let's burn her.
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