History-Sode | Colonial Witches

History-Sode | Colonial Witches

The air is crisp, the leaves are falling and it’s the perfect time for a little spooky history! In this special October history-sode, Auntie Jo Jo takes you back to the 1600s and 1700s to explore the real witch trials of colonial America.

Sources for this episode:

  • “Records of the Witchcraft Cases in Virginia” – Virginia Colonial Records Project, Library of Virginia (mentions Grace Sherwood, Joan Wright, Katherine Grady).

  • Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive & Transcription Project – University of Virginia.

  • Karlsen, Carol F. The Devil in the Shape of a Woman (1987) — a well-researched book on witch trials in New England and Virginia.

  • Godbeer, Richard. Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692 (Oxford University Press, 2005).

  • Demos, John. Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England (Oxford University Press, 1982).

  • Hoffer, Peter Charles. The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Legal History (University Press of Kansas, 1997).

  • Library of Congress: “Witchcraft in Colonial America” primary source set.

  • National Park Service: Grace Sherwood Statue, Witch of Pungo history summary.

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