The Salem Witch Trials

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[ShyOne]

“More weight” I still think that he has to be one of the most resolute and badass human beings ever.

[Fenrir]

If they really believed that a witch can not recite the lord's prayer, they could easily have had the accused recite it to prove their innocence. They didn't, which makes it seem more like a deliberate effort to get rid of certain people.

[Dr.Stoeffloev]

Giles corey is an absolute badass and I can only applaud him for enduring this torture for the good of his sons.

[zion]

Ironic how the people who considered themselves the most pure went on to commit unparalleled sin and by their own logic would all have ended up in hell

[nickashton]

most of those accused were poor land holders on one side of town and most of the accusers were wealthy on the other, the convicted had their land confiscated, it was a land grab

[jeffashley]

Nathaniel Hawthorne the American writer changed his name by adding a 'w' from Hathorne to separate himself from the fact his forebear was a judge in the witch trials.

[joyceshiver]

Funny how it only ended when a politicians wife was accused 😒

[thepyrokitten]

I am outraged. You didn't call Giles Corey a legend and he absolutely 100% was a certified legend.

[kddicks]

My favorite justification for killing people is that "children wouldn't lie!!" Please... YES THEY DO!!!🤣🤣🤣

[wanderer]

It sickens me on so many levels that someone with a very young child should be forced to beg for survival, in any era. The trials were of course horrible, but it continues to this today.

[Nerathul]

I've seen quite a bit of content based on these trials and this is one of the few that really stresses the massive corruption in the legal system and the family feuds between accusers and accused.

[pullt]

I'm no Puritan, but I do advocate the "Thou shalt not kill" thing. Seems like a good rule of thumb, kind of like "Don't run with scissors"....

[imvexed]

My many times great grand mother Alice Lake was executed(murdered) for being a witch in 1651. She lost a child and in her grief, she said she saw her deceased child. They called her a witch because of that. They were killing people accused of witchcraft in Massachusetts even before the Salem witch trials.

[georgerevell]

Wow that guy who was slowly crushed to death over days without giving in to save his legal innocence and family estate that is some SERIOUS courage, I would have thought impossible.

[NickMachado]

Its pretty funny that the settling of new england mainly happened because groups of people would leave their community to create a new, freer one. Then the cycle would repeat on and on, as they expanded.

[benmcreynolds]

It's so messed up that this occured because these ladies had temper tantrums like some high school drama queens who wanted to get back at those they disliked and gossiped about. Which led to all of this pain and suffering.

[kokorolex]

10:27 I can't believe they executed the local goth girl smh

[trejrco]

Purging "undesirables" - that's never gone wrong.

We humans are great at messing stuff up.

[mschaefer]

My husband is from Massachusetts. Last time we visited MA, we toured the Salem Witch Museum ... which was pretty sanitized and leaning more into Spooky Halloween souvenirs than actual history. There were a few showcases of historical artifacts, but for the big show, you were led into a theatre and then left there, and then 1970's era animatronics and voice overs told the tale. A few workers in period garb answered questions and gave a few minutes' more of information. But no mention of Ergot, and just the barest mention of personality clashes or economic motives. TLDR: Salem Witch Museum is dated and somewhat sanitized.

[tiffanym]

Giles is my absolute hero! He stood up to tyranny and won! LEGEND!