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. 42 - The Call

Ep. 42 - The Call

Without a doubt the telephone is one of the greatest inventions in human history. But the invention also has a dark side. Listen to hear several true stories from history of unsolved murders, strange ...

24 Huhti 201727min

Ep. 41 - The Stain

Ep. 41 - The Stain

You can often judge a society by how it treats it’s least fortunate members. In particular, the disabled and the mentally ill. Throughout history, people with mental illness have been shuttered away i...

17 Huhti 201727min

Ep. 40 - The Man Eaters

Ep. 40 - The Man Eaters

In 1896, the British decided to build a railroad across their colony in Africa. An Army colonel named John Henry Patterson was brought in to supervise construction of a railroad bridge across the Tsav...

31 Maalis 201724min

Ep. 39 - The Evangelist

Ep. 39 - The Evangelist

During the early 20th century, America was caught up in a growing spiritualist movement that swept the nation. One hotspot for seances and new religious movements during the 1920s was Detroit. There, ...

27 Maalis 201727min

Ep. 38 - The Lonely Hearts

Ep. 38 - The Lonely Hearts

The first lonely hearts ads were published in 1695, just five years after the first newspapers were created. Almost from the very beginning, there have been criminals who have used these ads to prey o...

20 Maalis 201729min

Ep. 37 - The Witch Hunters

Ep. 37 - The Witch Hunters

Throughout history there have been many self-appointed witch hunters who dedicated themselves to wiping out the minions of Satan. Hear the strange stories of witch hunts throughout history, including ...

13 Maalis 201728min

Ep. 36 - The Bennington Triangle

Ep. 36 - The Bennington Triangle

During the 1940s and early 1950s, a string of strange disappearances occurred around Glastenbury Mountain in Vermont. Theories range from alien abduction, to Bigfoot, to dimensional gateways, to a ser...

5 Maalis 201730min

Ep. 35 - The Dangerous Mind

Ep. 35 - The Dangerous Mind

One of the great myths about serial killers perpetuated by books and the movies is that they’re all criminal geniuses like Hannibal Lecter. In truth, the criminal mastermind is extremely rare. Back in...

26 Helmi 201729min

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