The Thing About Witch Hunts

By Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack

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The Thing About Witch Hunts is the podcast of historical witch trials and modern-day violent witchcraft persecution. From the Salem Witch Trials to the ramifications of today's harmful practices related to accusations of witchcraft and ritual attacks, The Thing About Witch Hunts covers it all. Tune in today to find out why The Thing About Witch Hunts is an essential podcast for everyone interested in this intriguing subject. #history #witchcraft #SalemWitchTrials #witchhunt

Episode Date
Glebe House Museum on Moll Cramer and Witchcraft in Connecticut
Dec 10, 2025
Wicked For Good Movie: The Transformation of a Witch
Dec 03, 2025
The Pilgrim Son Accused of Witchcraft: Thanksgiving's Forgotten Salem Connection
Nov 26, 2025
The Boston Eight: Exonerate Massachusetts' Forgotten Witch Trial Victims
Nov 19, 2025
Building a Global Response to Witch Hunts: Expert Panel from INAWARA
Nov 12, 2025
Stigma, Silence, and Survival: Women Accused of Witchcraft
Nov 05, 2025
Rehumanizing Scottish Witch Trial Victims through Theater: An Update on the Play Prick
Oct 29, 2025
Why we Need Monsters in Our Lives
Oct 22, 2025
Ain't Slender Man Scary? with Sean and Carrie
Oct 15, 2025
The Devil, Demonization, and Dehumanization with Mikki Brock, Richard Raiswell, and David Winter
Oct 08, 2025
Author Andrea Catalano on Her Novel The First Witch of Boston
Oct 01, 2025
What is the Thing About Salem?
Sep 24, 2025
Illustrating the Salem Witch Trials: Ben Wickey on His Graphic Novel More Weight
Sep 17, 2025
Trial by Water: Witch Hunt in Vermont with Joyce Held and Jamie Franklin
Sep 10, 2025
Bringing Salem Witch Trial History to Students: A Librarian's Creative Educational Program
Sep 03, 2025
Upcoming Online Presentations with Salem Witch Trials expert Dr. Emerson Baker & the Partnership of Historic Bostons
Sep 01, 2025
The Women Who Threw Corn: Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico with Martin Nesvig
Aug 27, 2025
How Massachusetts Missed Opportunities to Stop the Salem Witch Trials
Aug 20, 2025
Ghana's Outcast Camps: A Conversation with the Coalition Against Witchcraft Accusations
Aug 13, 2025
World Day Against Witch Hunts 2025 with Mary Bingham: Ancient Fears, Modern Victims
Aug 06, 2025
Forensics, Witchcraft Accusations, and Ritual Murders with Dr. Keith Silika
Jul 30, 2025
History of The Witches' Sabbath
Jul 23, 2025
Remembering Injustice: The Movement to Memorialize Scotland's Witch Trials with Margaret Malloch
Jul 16, 2025
What is a Witch? Our Semitricentennial Episode
Jul 09, 2025
Witch Panic: Massachusetts Before Salem: Behind the Scenes with Elizabeth Kapp of the Springfield Museums
Jul 02, 2025
Witches?! In Salem!? with Playwright Matt Cox
Jun 25, 2025
Still Finding Relevance in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Jun 18, 2025
Paisley Witch Trials with Gayle Pollock
Jun 11, 2025
Remembering Alice Young with Author Beth Caruso
Jun 04, 2025
The Evolution of Diabolical Witchcraft Belief, Part 4: Dissecting the Malleus Maleficarum
May 28, 2025
The Evolution of Diabolical Witchcraft Belief, Part 3: The Authors of the Malleus Maleficarum
May 28, 2025
The Evolution of Diabolical Witchcraft Belief, Part 2
May 21, 2025
The Evolution of Diabolical Witchcraft Belief, Part 1
May 21, 2025
The Thing About Salem Premieres June 1 (Trailer)
May 17, 2025
Sober and Civil: Sarah Cloyse of Salem with Antonio Stuckey
May 14, 2025
Perspectives on Disability, Stigma, and Witchcraft Accusations with Dr. Nora Groce
May 07, 2025
The Myth of the Witches' Flying Ointment with Michael Ostling
Apr 30, 2025
Genetics, Not Magic: Protecting Persons with Albinism in Uganda with Peter Ogik
Apr 23, 2025
Mary Bingham on Elizabeth Johnson, Jr, Victim of the Salem Witch Trials
Apr 16, 2025
Decian Que Era Bruja con Judith Prat ( En Español)
Apr 14, 2025
They Said She Was a Witch with Judith Prat
Apr 09, 2025
Miss Albinism Africa with Sierra Leone's Daniella Garrick
Apr 02, 2025
New Research on Witch Branding in Northeast India with Dr. Govind Kelkar
Mar 26, 2025
Ending Witch Hunts in the Americas: Podcasthon Edition
Mar 21, 2025
Ending Witch Hunts in Europe: Podcasthon Edition
Mar 20, 2025
Family Dynamics in 17th Century English Witch Trials with Holly Bamford
Mar 19, 2025
Ending Witch Hunts in Asia: Podcasthon Edition
Mar 18, 2025
Ending Witch Hunts in Papua New Guinea: Podcasthon Edition
Mar 17, 2025
Ending Witch Hunts in Africa: Podcasthon Edition
Mar 16, 2025
Ending Witch Hunts: Podcasthon 2025 Edition
Mar 15, 2025
Victoria Canning: Criminology Perspectives on Witchcraft Persecution, Violence, and Torture
Mar 12, 2025
International Women's Day Stories: The 1933 Burning of Arminda de Jesus for Witchcraft in Soalhaes, Portugal
Mar 08, 2025
Witchcraft Accusations and Women's Rights: An International Women's Day Special
Mar 05, 2025
Salem Witch Trials on Stage: John Proctor is the Villain with Jane Barnette
Feb 26, 2025
Exorcisms and Stigmata in the 19th and 20th centuries with Kristof Smeyers
Feb 20, 2025
Understanding Sorcery Accusations in Papua New Guinea with Anton Lutz
Feb 12, 2025
Remembering the Innocent Victims of Connecticut's Witch Trials: Event Recap
Feb 10, 2025
Mapping Tragedy: How Geography Shaped the Salem Witch Trials with Marilynne K. Roach
Feb 05, 2025
Coming February 1, 2025: Remembering the Innocent Victims of Connecticut's Witch Trials
Jan 30, 2025
Coercive Control with Kacey Baker of The Cult Vault Podcast
Jan 29, 2025
Justice for Witches: Pardoning Britain's Accused with Charlotte Meredith
Jan 22, 2025
Maryland Witch Trial Exoneration with Elizabeth Pugliese-Shaw
Jan 17, 2025
Speak of the Devil with Richard Raiswell
Jan 08, 2025
La Befana: Italy’s Beloved Epiphany Gift Giver with Debora Moretti
Dec 31, 2024
The Surprising Origins of American Christmas Traditions
Dec 24, 2024
Before the Witch Hunts: the Albigensian Crusade with Louis Pulford
Dec 18, 2024
Human Rights Day and Albinism: Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond on Witchcraft Accusations and Ritual Attacks
Dec 10, 2024
Witch Hunt x Witches of Scotland with Zoe Venditozzi and Claire Mitchell
Dec 08, 2024
Modern Witch Hunts: Human Rights and Legal Solutions with Kirsty Brimelow KC
Dec 04, 2024
A Modern Witchcraft Accusation: The 1933 Burning of Arminda de Jesus in Soalhaes, Portugal with Inês Tadeu
Nov 27, 2024
Witchcraft and Stagecraft: Unmasking Wicked's Magic with Paul Laird and Jane Barnette
Nov 25, 2024
Wicked Movie: The Making of a Witch
Nov 23, 2024
On Protecting Persons with Albinism with Jay Mohammed Osman Kamara
Nov 20, 2024
Goody Glover: The Full Story of Boston's Last Witchcraft Execution
Nov 13, 2024
The Fight Against Gender-Based Violence: Perspectives and Strategies with Reference to Accusations of Witchcraft
Nov 06, 2024
Halloween 101: Origins of Fright Night
Oct 30, 2024
Fearing the Devil: A Cultural History of America’s Satanic Panic with Scott Culpepper
Oct 23, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: Alice Parker
Oct 21, 2024
Secrets of the Basque Witch Hunt with Jan Machielsen
Oct 16, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: Martha Cory
Oct 14, 2024
Witch Hunt Podcast Goes to England to Speak about Ending Witch Hunts
Oct 09, 2024
Grace Sherwood: The Witch of Pungo with Scott O. Moore
Oct 02, 2024
Salem Witch-Hunt 101 Part 4: Rising Tide
Sep 25, 2024
Tour Salem's Witch Trial History with Antonio Infante
Sep 18, 2024
Stopping Child Witch Accusations: a Conversation with Carolyn Gent
Sep 11, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: Margaret Scott
Sep 10, 2024
The Difference Between Witchcraft and Dementia with Andrias Mangundu
Sep 04, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: Samuel Wardwell
Sep 02, 2024
The Putnams of Salem: A Conversation with Author Greg Houle
Aug 28, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: Wilmot Redd of Marblehead
Aug 26, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: John Procter
Aug 24, 2024
Navigating the Intersection of Law, Religion, and the Supernatural with Helen Hall and Javier Garcia Oliva
Aug 21, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: John Willard
Aug 18, 2024
Witch Hunt 15: Lessons from 100 Episodes
Aug 17, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: George Jacobs Sr
Aug 16, 2024
Witch Trials and Modern Witchcraft Accusations: Insights from 100 Episodes
Aug 14, 2024
World Day Against Witch Hunts
Aug 07, 2024
The Intersection of Religion, Politics, and Harmful Practices
Jul 31, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: Martha Carrier
Jul 29, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: George Burroughs
Jul 27, 2024
Witch Hunt 15: The First Interrogations of the Salem Witch Trials
Jul 26, 2024
Salem Witch Hunt Saga: The First Arrests
Jul 24, 2024
Witch Hunt 15: Spiritual and Ritual Abuse
Jul 21, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: Rebecca Nurse by Sarah Jack
Jul 19, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: Sarah Wildes by Mary Bingham
Jul 18, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: Susannah Martin by Mary Bingham
Jul 17, 2024
Jordan Alexander Discusses Spiritual and Ritual Abuse
Jul 17, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: Elizabeth Howe by Antonio Infante
Jul 16, 2024
Witch Hunt Victim Stories: Sarah Good by Josh Hutchinson
Jul 15, 2024
End Witch Hunts Special Report: Cruelty at Centerville Beach by Mary Bingham
Jul 14, 2024
Witch Hunt 15: Liberating a Woman Accused of Witchcraft with Berrie Holtzhausen
Jul 13, 2024
The Link Between Dementia and Witchcraft Accusations with Berrie Holtzhausen
Jul 10, 2024
Witch Hunt 15: Sashiprava Bindhani on Using Public Interest Litigation to End Witch-Branding
Jul 07, 2024
Witch Hunt 15: Sashiprava Bindhani on Ending Witch-Branding in Odisha, India
Jul 06, 2024
A Voice of Advocacy: Sashiprava Bindhani of Odisha, India
Jul 03, 2024
Witch Hunt 15: The Beginning of the Salem Witch-Hunt
Jun 30, 2024
Story Mode: Origins of the Salem Witch Trials
Jun 28, 2024
The Salem Witch-Hunt Saga: Beginnings
Jun 26, 2024
Salem Witch Museum: New Artifacts on Display
Jun 24, 2024
Witch Hunt 15: The Puritans with Francis J. Bremer
Jun 21, 2024
The Puritans with Francis J. Bremer
Jun 19, 2024
Nathaniel Ingersoll and His Tavern in the Salem Witch Trials
Jun 16, 2024
Witch Hunt 15: Salem Aftermath with Tom Phillips
Jun 14, 2024
Salem Aftermath with Tom Phillips
Jun 12, 2024
Witch Hunt 15: Witch-Hunting and the Law in India
Jun 07, 2024
Legal Perceptions of Witch-hunting in India with Riya A Singh and Amit Anand
Jun 05, 2024
The Connecticut Witch Trials Trilogy with Beth Caruso
May 29, 2024
The Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project Marks Anniversary of Exoneration
May 22, 2024
Mary Beth Norton on Salem Witch Trials Research
May 15, 2024
The Once and Future Witch Hunt with Alice Markham-Cantor
May 08, 2024
The Intersection of Spiritual Belief and Gender Roles in Hinduism with Akanksha Madaan and Amit Anand
May 04, 2024
Harmful Traditional Practices with Naveen Suresh and Samantha Spence
Apr 24, 2024
Cotton Mather and the Demoniac with Brendan Walsh
Apr 17, 2024
The Ultimate Introduction to the Salem Witch Trials
Apr 10, 2024
Witchcraft Accusations in Ghana with John Azumah
Apr 03, 2024
Detestable and Wicked Arts with Paul Moyer
Mar 27, 2024
Witch Hunt 15: Stacy Schiff Explains the Salem Witch Trials in Under 15 Minutes
Mar 23, 2024
Stacy Schiff on the Salem Witch Trials
Mar 20, 2024
Newcastle Witch Trials in 15 Minutes with Dr. Katie Liddane
Mar 16, 2024
Newcastle Witch Trials with Dr. Katie Liddane
Mar 13, 2024
Witchcraft A History in 13 Minutes with Marion Gibson
Mar 11, 2024
15 Minutes on Witchcraft Accusations and International Women's Day
Mar 08, 2024
Witchcraft Accusations and Gender Inequality with Dr. Samantha Spence
Mar 06, 2024
The Astrologer, the Witch, and the Poltergeist: Massachusetts Witch Trials 101 Part 3
Mar 04, 2024
Caste and Witchcraft Accusations in 15 Minutes
Mar 03, 2024
15 Minutes on Witch-Hunts in India with Neelesh Singh
Mar 01, 2024
A Voice Against Injustice: Neelesh Singh on Witch Hunts in India
Feb 28, 2024
15-Minute Guide to Service Magic with Tabitha Stanmore
Feb 25, 2024
Mental Health in Ghana's Witch Camps in 15 Minutes
Feb 23, 2024
Caring for the Mental Health of Women in Ghana's Witch Camps with Peter Mintir Amadu
Feb 21, 2024
15-Minute Intro to Massachusetts Witch Trials, the Case of Elizabeth Morse
Feb 20, 2024
15-Minute Intro to New Hampshire Witch Trials
Feb 17, 2024
Witchcraft in the Granite State: Unveiling New Hampshire's Witch Trials with Tricia Peone
Feb 14, 2024
Service Magic with Tabitha Stanmore
Jan 31, 2024
Witchcraft Accusations and Caste in India with Preethi Lolaksha Nagaveni
Jan 24, 2024
Marion Gibson on Witchcraft A History in 13 Trials
Jan 17, 2024
Ikponwosa Ero on Ending Witch Hunts
Jan 10, 2024
The Astrologer and the Witch Trial with Danny Buck
Jan 03, 2024
Witch Hunt: Unveiling History's Shadows
Jan 01, 2024
Welcome to Witch Hunt
Jan 01, 2024
Witch Hunt Trailer
Dec 31, 2023
The Witch Trial of Widow Krieger with Jamie Franklin
Dec 28, 2023
The Devil of Great Island with Emerson Baker
Dec 25, 2023
Francis Young on Witchcraft and the Modern Roman Catholic Church
Dec 21, 2023
Wonderful Mkhutche on Witch-Hunting in Malawi
Dec 14, 2023
Massachusetts Witch Trials 101 Part 2: Mary and Hugh Parsons of Springfield
Dec 07, 2023
Mary Esty: Victim of the Salem Witch Hunt
Nov 30, 2023
A True Account of Pirates with Katherine Howe
Nov 23, 2023
I Be a Witch: A Film about Salem Witch Trial Victim Ann Foster
Nov 16, 2023
Colonial Earthquakes: Witchcraft or God’s Will? with Kathleen Langone
Nov 09, 2023
Ending Witch-Hunts in India with Dr. Samantha Spence and Amit Anand
Nov 02, 2023
Ain't it a Scary Halloween with Sean and Carrie
Oct 31, 2023
Witches in Popular Culture with Maya Rook
Oct 26, 2023
Massachusetts Witchcraft Trials 101 Part 1: 1648-1656
Oct 19, 2023
Halloween History and Traditions with Scott Culpepper
Oct 12, 2023
Owen Davies on Grimoires, Magic, and Witch Hunts
Oct 05, 2023
Witch Trial Podcast Trailer
Oct 01, 2023
Omens with The Ordinary, Extraordinary Cemetery Podcast
Sep 28, 2023
A Year of Talking Witch Hunts
Sep 21, 2023
Diana Helmuth On Her Memoir The Witching Year
Sep 14, 2023
Irish Witch Trials with Andrew Sneddon
Sep 07, 2023
Witch-Hunting in India with Dr. Govind Kelkar
Aug 31, 2023
Prick: A Play of the Scottish Witch Trials
Aug 24, 2023
Dry Tinder with Author Janice C. Thompson
Aug 17, 2023
Italian Witchcraft Trials with Debora Moretti
Aug 10, 2023
Massachusetts Witch Trials with Alyssa Conary
Aug 03, 2023
Ending Sorcery Accusation-Related Violence in Papua New Guinea with Miranda Forsyth
Jul 27, 2023
Rachel Christ-Doane on the Salem Witch Museum and the Life of Dorothy Good
Jul 20, 2023
Karin Helmstaedt on Why Witch Hunts are not just a Dark Chapter from the Past
Jul 13, 2023
Cemetery Conservation with Rachel Meyer of Epoch Preservation
Jul 06, 2023
Dr. Leo Igwe on the Deadly Witch-Hunts of the 21st Century
Jun 29, 2023
Echoes of the Witch with Margaux Crump and Jake Eshelman
Jun 22, 2023
Connecticut Witch Trials 101 Part 6: 1692 and Beyond
Jun 15, 2023
Dan Gagnon on Salem Witch Trial Victim George Jacobs, Sr.
Jun 08, 2023
Modern Witch-Hunts 101 Part 1: A Dialogue on the Nature of Today's Witch Persecutions
Jun 01, 2023
Connecticut Witch Trials 101 Part 5: 1666 to 1691
May 25, 2023
Before Salem with Richard S. Ross III
May 18, 2023
Connecticut Witch Trials 101 Part 4: The Hartford Witch-Hunt of 1662-1665
May 11, 2023
Andy Verzosa on Museums, Mary Barnes, and Farmington, Connecticut
May 04, 2023
Connecticut Witch Trials 101 Part 3: 1648-1661
Apr 27, 2023
Connecticut Witch Trial Victim Exoneration Testimony with William and Jennifer Schloat
Apr 20, 2023
Connecticut Witch Trials 101 Part 2: Witchcraft Belief, the Founding of Connecticut, and Alice Young
Apr 13, 2023
Marilynne K Roach on the People of the Salem Witch-Hunt
Apr 06, 2023
Connecticut Witch Trials 101, Part 1
Mar 30, 2023
Emerson Baker on the Salem Witch Trials, Protective Magic, and Proctor's Ledge
Mar 23, 2023
Goody Bassett, Accused Witch of Stratford, Connecticut
Mar 20, 2023
Finding Your Salem Witch Trial Ancestors with David Allen Lambert
Mar 16, 2023
Women and Witch Trials with Ann Little
Mar 09, 2023
Witchcraft Beliefs Around the World with Boris Gershman
Mar 02, 2023
Representative Jane Garibay on Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Legislation
Feb 23, 2023
Accused of Witchcraft in New York with Scott R Ferrara
Feb 16, 2023
Between God and Satan with Beth Caruso and Katherine Hermes
Feb 09, 2023
How Do We Know What We Know? Salem Witch-Hunt Primary Sources with Margo Burns, Part 2
Feb 02, 2023
How Do We Know What We Know? Salem Witch-Hunt Primary Sources with Margo Burns, Part 1
Jan 26, 2023
Witchcraft Accusations in Nigeria with Dr. Leo Igwe
Jan 19, 2023
Introducing The Last Night, a Connecticut Witch Trials Play
Jan 16, 2023
The Andover Witch Hunt with Richard Hite
Jan 12, 2023
Witch-Hunting in Modern South Africa with Damon Leff
Jan 05, 2023
Rebecca Nurse of Salem with Dan Gagnon
Dec 29, 2022
Scottish Witch Trials with Mary W Craig
Dec 22, 2022
Marion Gibson on the Witches of St. Osyth
Dec 15, 2022
Descendants of Connecticut Witch Trial Victims
Dec 08, 2022
Katherine Howe on the Salem Witch-Hunt
Dec 01, 2022
The Putnams of Salem with Greg Houle
Nov 24, 2022
Documenting the Exoneration of the Last Witch of Salem
Nov 17, 2022
Witch-Hunts in Great Yarmouth and Salem with Dr. Danny Buck
Nov 10, 2022
Malcolm Gaskill on The Ruin of All Witches
Nov 03, 2022
Preview - Malcolm Gaskill on the Ruin of All Witches
Oct 31, 2022
Salem Witch Trials and Folk Magic with Maya Rook
Oct 27, 2022
Connecticut Witch-Hunts and John Winthrop, Jr. with Dr. Scott Culpepper
Oct 20, 2022
Should Connecticut's Witch Trial Victims be Exonerated?
Oct 13, 2022
Saltonstall's Trial, a Salem Witch Trial Play
Oct 10, 2022
Connecticut Witch Trial History with Beth Caruso and Tony Griego
Oct 06, 2022
Hocus Pocus Review with Historical Commentary
Oct 03, 2022
Salem - Ballet Des Moines
Sep 29, 2022
Episode 2 Teaser Trailer
Sep 22, 2022
Episode One Trailer
Sep 15, 2022
Thou Shalt Not Suffer: The Witch Trial Podcast
Sep 06, 2022