EP: 370 The Salem Witch Trials: 19 Hangings, Spectral Evidence & The Death of Enchantment with Brian Dedmon

EP: 370 The Salem Witch Trials: 19 Hangings, Spectral Evidence & The Death of Enchantment with Brian Dedmon

January 1692. Two girls wake up screaming with unexplained burns on their skin. Their bodies contort unnaturally. Doctors reach a chilling conclusion: they're "under an evil hand." What unfolds over the next nine months doesn't just claim 23 lives—it murders something far more profound: the Western world's faith in the supernatural itself.PhD candidate Brian Dedmon has discovered why Salem—out of hundreds of witch trials that killed far more people—became the one everyone remembers. The answer is chilling: Salem happened at the precise moment Western civilization was poised to abandon God. The timing was devastating. Nineteen souls hanged. One man crushed slowly beneath stacking stones, gasping his final words: "More weight."But here's the twist that changes everything: the guilty walked free while the innocent died. "Spectral evidence" allowed convictions based on dreams alone—no physical proof required. Wealthy families weaponized the hysteria to eliminate rivals. A minister quoted the Lord's Prayer perfectly at the gallows (something witches supposedly couldn't do) and was hanged anyway.By 1700, historians across every ideological spectrum agree: Western culture abandoned belief in the supernatural almost overnight. Salem became exhibit A that Christian faith breeds dangerous superstition. SThe real question facing us now: How do we reclaim biblical supernatural faith without triggering new witch hunts? How do we acknowledge spiritual warfare when most Christians treat it like embarrassing folklore? Salem's message echoes across three centuries: The church must remember what it lost after 1692—before what's coming makes us wish we had. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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EP: 389 Where Heaven Meets Earth with NT Wright

EP: 389 Where Heaven Meets Earth with NT Wright

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EP: 388 Nephilim Kings and the Fourth Industrial Age with Ali Siadatan *members only trailer

EP: 388 Nephilim Kings and the Fourth Industrial Age with Ali Siadatan *members only trailer

Ali Siadatan returns to unpack one of the most loaded statements in Scripture: "As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of Man." But what if Jesus wasn't simply warning ...

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EP: 387 UFO Crash Retrievals and Dark Matter with Dr. Matthew Szydagis

EP: 387 UFO Crash Retrievals and Dark Matter with Dr. Matthew Szydagis

A piece of metal lands on a physicist's desk. The claim? It was recovered from a UFO crash site. Most scientists would laugh it off, but Dr. Matthew Szydagis takes it to his lab and fires up the spect...

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EP: 386 A Farmhouse and Something Else… *members only trailer

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An old farmhouse in the Ozarks. A newly adopted son with unexplainable nightmares. Voices telling children to ride their bikes onto the highway. Manifestations at 3 am. A dark figure with red eyes. An...

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EP: 385 Magick, Mediums and Mermaids with Jess Phoenix

EP: 385 Magick, Mediums and Mermaids with Jess Phoenix

Jess Phoenix was a professional witch with a massive online following when things started unraveling—mental torment, sleep paralysis, her children being harassed by spirits, and a growing sense that s...

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EP: 384 Decoding the Star: How Pagan Astrologers Found the Jewish Messiah *members only trailer

EP: 384 Decoding the Star: How Pagan Astrologers Found the Jewish Messiah *members only trailer

The Magi weren't reading Daniel. They weren't studying the prophets. They were reading the sky.In our Members-Only Part 2 of our Christmas deep dive into the Star of Bethlehem, Caleb Jones returns to ...

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EP: 383 The True Star of the Magi with Caleb Jones

EP: 383 The True Star of the Magi with Caleb Jones

What was the Star of Bethlehem? A miraculous light? An angel? A comet? Attorney and biblical researcher Caleb Jones brings a library of books and years of astronomical study to the basement to present...

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EP: 382 Trauma, Demons, Epstein and the Evil of Men's Hearts with Fern And Audrey *members only trailer

EP: 382 Trauma, Demons, Epstein and the Evil of Men's Hearts with Fern And Audrey *members only trailer

Fern and Audrey are back, and they're not pulling punches. After 30 years of working with survivors of satanic ritual abuse and trauma-based mind control, they've seen the church get it wrong over and...

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