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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

This week, we spoke with the creators of the Ground Zero: Witchcraft in Connecticut production put on by Woodbury, Connecticut's Glebe House Museum. In this episode, you'll learn the tale of Moll Cramer, the so-called Witch of Woodbury. aboutwitchhunts.com/arts/glebe-h...

The Thing About Witch Hunts presents Glebe House Museum on Moll Cramer and Witchcraft in Connecticut. this text is accompanied by headshots of Sarah Jack, Maribeth Cummings, LoriAnn Witte, Linda Barr-Gale, Vail Barrett, and Josh Hutchinson

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

@thethingaboutsalem.bsky.social and The Thing About Witch Hunts present your chance to win a copy of the hit new graphic novel about the Salem Witch Trials, More Weight by Ben Wickey. For more, read the Alt Text or visit witchhuntshow.com/2025/09/17/t...

Win Ben Wickey's "More Weight: A Salem Story" - The Graphic Novel That's Being Called "What From Hell Did for Jack the Ripper"
Every word is an accusation... and every whisper kills.
After a decade in development, animator Ben Wickey's haunting debut solo graphic novel has arrived, and critics are calling it a masterpiece. Publishers Weekly praised this "impressive first solo graphic novel" that "does for Salem, Mass., what From Hell did fo[r]" the Jack the Ripper story - delivering the same kind of deep, atmospheric horror that made Alan Moore's legendary work a classic.
What Makes This Book Special:
Spans three timelines (1692, 1860s & present day) showing how Salem's witch trials cast their shadow across centuries
Explores the infamous Salem witch trials and their lasting impact over 300 years later through the story of Giles and Martha Corey
Created by a descendant of Mary Eastey, one of the executed accused witches
Features "gorgeous" art that feels "quite cinematic" according to readers
Critics praise its "captivating illustrations" and examination of how "Hawthorne, Longfellow, and we today are all attempting to understand and find meaning in the nightmare"
This isn't just another witch trial retelling - it's a multi-generational epic that connects the dots between historical horror and modern pop culture's obsession with Salem. Perfect for fans of The Crucible, The Witch, American Horror Story: Coven, and anyone who loves graphic novels that tackle real historical nightmares with artistic brilliance.

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Watch or listen to Illustrating the Salem Witch Trials: Ben Wickey on His Graphic Novel More Weight to learn about this amazing new literary work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQv...

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

They would have her climb a tree, and she would climb a tree, and they would cut it down. If she survived, okay. she was a witch, because the devil saved her. If she didn't survive, she wasn't a witch, but she'd be dead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAXi...

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

We had the opportunity to interview the amazing Ben Wickey, author and illustrator of the brilliant More Weight: A Salem Story. Look for the interview Wednesday, September 17. Read the alt text for more on the book, which will be available September 23. Pre-order now. bookshop.org/a/90227/9781...

The cover of the epic graphic novel More Weight by Ben Wickey

“Every word is an accusation…and every whisper kills.” This staggering graphic novel explores the infamous Salem witch trials and the long shadows they cast more than 300 years later.

In Salem, Massachusetts, 1692 is a year of terror. When accusations of witchcraft plunge the community into paranoia and death, curmudgeonly farmer Giles Corey and his great-souled wife Martha are forced to confront their troubled pasts, fighting to hold onto their principles even at the cost of their lives. In the 1860s, famed writers Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow stroll the streets of Salem together, reflecting on their own dark connections to those wicked days. Today, graphic novelist Ben Wickey wrestles with the complex legacy of “the Witch City” and what it shows us about the best and worst of humanity.

Based on true events, set in three centuries, and hand-drawn over a decade, More Weight is a stunning visual symphony — a unique and profound inquiry into the infamous Salem witch trials and the long shadows they still cast on us all.

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The Other: Understanding Witch hunts ONLINE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2025, 7-8:30pm ET Join award-winning historian Emerson “Tad” Baker in this wide-ranging discussion of New England witch hunts, guest moderated by podcasters Sarah Jack and Josh Hutchinson historicbostons.org/upcomingevents

The Other: understanding witch hunts
ONLINE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2025, 7-8:30pm ET

EMERSON BAKER, SARAH JACK AND JOSH HUTCHINSON
Presented by Partnership of Historic Bostons

Join award-winning historian Emerson “Tad” Baker in this wide-ranging discussion of New England witch hunts, guest moderated by podcasters Sarah Jack and Josh Hutchinson of End Witch Hunts. Why did neighbors accuse one another of dark, invisible crimes? What fears, rivalries, and beliefs fueled the frenzy? And why were some individuals marked as evil while others were spared? A timely conversation about one of the most haunting chapters in American history.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Publishing this month! 🍂 🍄 A gripping new guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore, written by leading experts @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social. 🏹 Pre-order this stunning hardback edition now from all good bookshops & online. 📖 #booksky #folklore

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Origin Story of World Day Against Witch Hunts August 10th

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

In the witch trial era, the witch was understood as an entirely malign concept. This perception was based on the belief that a person could covenant with the devil to gain power to harm others, to hurt their community, to go against the plan of the patriarchal government and ministers.

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Witches?! In Salem!? tries to be a very, like, faithful retelling of sort of the actual history while also, you know, adding in sort of the aspects of modern-day that maybe correlate a little bit with it and sort of try to draw a horrible sense of, like, humor.

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Juneteenth, Freedom Day, marks the momentous occasion on June 19th, 1865, when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas learned of their freedom more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Today is International Albinism Awareness Day. Take in what Jay says is being done to persons with albinism. "People are using the body parts of people with albinism to perform ritual and that is causing mayhem or causing people with albinism to lose their lives, because of other people beliefs."

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

There was over 35 people who were accused of witchcraft and interrogated in Paisley, Scotland, and out of the 35, 8 of them were found guilty. Seven were executed on June 10, 1697. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dttp...

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

How to Stream George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck on CNN The telecast will begin June 7 at 7 PM EST across CNN properties, playbill.com/article/how-...

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How to Stream George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck on CNN

The play will be telecast for one night only on June 7.

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Hosts Josh and Sarah welcome back author Beth Caruso to discuss Alice Young, New England's first documented witch trial victim, executed in Hartford, Connecticut in 1647. Beth shares her groundbreaking research that led to Alice's official exoneration by Connecticut www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFfc...

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Remembering Alice Young with Author Beth Caruso

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

If you support our trip now, We will have the opportunity to “have private access to an ancient prison and the street under a York museum for 1 hour” That’s special and will fuel content for a special episode www.coloradogives.org/story/0ptadf

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Field Work Alert: Help "Witch Hunt Podcast" Attend the 2025 Magic & Witchcraft Conference!

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

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Support us getting to Magic and Witchcraft Conference 2025

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I amplify stories that matter, connecting them with new audiences and platforms- beyond their expected reach. Partner with me. www.coloradogives.org/story/0ptadf

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Emerson W. Baker @emersonwbaker.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

#OTD May 30, 1692, after a month of hiding in Boston, Philip English is finally captured to face charges of witchcraft. His wife Mary was also charged. Born Philippe L'Anglois on Channel Island of Jersey, he immigrated to Salem as a young man, and rose to become its wealthiest merchant by 1692.

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

We are at just 2% our travel expenses so its a great opportunity to support Witch Hunt Podcast Your donation will directly help create valuable content that deepens understanding of witchcraft accusations. If you're able, please donate or share it w others gofund.me/46b285d2

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I've just finished indexing 'Folklore: A Journey through the Past and Present' by @odavies9.bsky.social and Ceri Houlbrook, published by @manchesterup.bsky.social in September. A tremendous book, and an important reflection on British folklore: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180384/

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Manchester University Press - Folklore

Folklore - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Folklore by Owen Davies

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Nice to see a copy of this - I wrote quite a bit of it, but this is the first time I’ve seen it in the flesh!

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

📚 BOOK LAUNCH NEWS! 📚 On the evening of Thursday 19 June I will be launching ‘Silence of the Gods’ at the CUP Bookshop in Cambridge. You can sign up for the launch here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

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Book Launch: Silence of the Gods

Join us for the book launch of "Silence of the Gods" by Francis Young

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The Story of the Witch of Berkeley: No headless Hessian soldier needed for her ride to hell……her raven told her she was going to die… youtu.be/WC8I7BgbNxM #witchtales #petraven #bigdemon #ridetohell

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The Story of the Witch of Berkeley

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @aboutwitchhunts.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The Evolution of Diabolical Witchcraft Belief, Part 1 witchhuntshow.com/2025/05/20/t...

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