Ep. 217 - The Half-Hanged

Ep. 217 - The Half-Hanged

In this episode I take you through some of the ways people throughout the 17th century punished accused witches. I take you through the story of the Salem Witch Trials, as well as an earlier tale that helped inspire one of our most famous modern day authors. Episode Sponsor: HelloFresh Get 50% off your first order, plus free shipping at: http://hellofresh.com/50conspirators Check out my new YouTube Channel, "Dark Chronicles" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0_SAREQYopjrr0CNIrrRrQ Get ad free early episode releases and access to our bonus mini-episodes on Patreon! theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/07/the-witches-of-salem https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/ https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/special-edition-on-infectious-disease/2014/the-fight-over-inoculation-during-the-1721-boston-smallpox-epidemic/ https://genius.com/Margaret-atwood-half-hanged-mary-annotated https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mary-webster-witch-hadley-survives-hanging/ https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=evans;idno=N00392.0001.001 https://www.massreview.org/node/7575 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep. 80 - The Deathless

Ep. 80 - The Deathless

During the 18th century there lived a mysterious man known as The Count of Saint Germain. He was a master musician, artist, linguist and alchemist...and some people say he was immortal. Patreon: h...

23 Heinä 201830min

Ep. 79 - The Guilty

Ep. 79 - The Guilty

In July, 1954, a young Ohio woman named Marilyn Sheppard was brutally murdered in her home. Her husband Dr. Sam Sheppard was tried and convicted for her murder, but did he do it? Patreon: https://...

9 Heinä 201832min

Ep. 78 - The Butcher of Plainfield

Ep. 78 - The Butcher of Plainfield

In 1957, an odd, soft-spoken man named Ed Gein shocked the nation. What they discovered on his remote farm in rural Wisconsin was the stuff of nightmares, and would go on to inspire many modern horror...

25 Kesä 201843min

Ep. 77 - The Wolf Trials

Ep. 77 - The Wolf Trials

For just as long as people were being put on trial for being witches, what is much less known is that people were also being tried and convicted of being werewolves. Hear the stories of these trials, ...

11 Kesä 201827min

Ep. 76 - The Land of the Lost

Ep. 76 - The Land of the Lost

For centuries, there have been people who have believed that the earth is a hollow ball. These stories include practically everything strange and  unusual you can imagine, UFOs, Giants, Atlantis, Bigf...

28 Touko 201832min

Ep. 75 - The Premonition

Ep. 75 - The Premonition

Stories of people who believe they could predict the future have been around for nearly as long as recorded history. Hear the stories of noted prophets, such as the Oracle of Delphi, Nostradamus and t...

14 Touko 201830min

Ep. 74 - The House of Many Doors

Ep. 74 - The House of Many Doors

To some people, the Winchester Mystery House is the most haunted house in the world. Was it fear of ghosts that drove Sarah Winchester to build this bizarre sprawling mansion, or was there something e...

30 Huhti 201829min

Ep. 73 - The Cemetery Man

Ep. 73 - The Cemetery Man

In 1932, Charles Lindbergh's infant son was kidnapped and murdered. To this day there are some people who believe that the man who was convicted of the crime, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, may not have bee...

16 Huhti 201828min

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