104. The Groton "Witch"

02/04/2024 1h 9min
104. The Groton "Witch"

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Episode Synopsis

Okay, but she wasn't actually accused of witchcraft, nor did she really accuse anyone of witchcraft. Was Elizabeth Knapp afflicted like Betty Paris and Abigail Williams? Absolutely. But why didn't her strange behavior lead to a witch hunt like the Puritan's would see in Salem twenty years later. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they talk about the so-called Groton “witch.”
 
"In Defense of Witches"
https://www.grotonma.gov/
https://www.grotonherald.com/features/bloody-salem-witch-trials-might-have-been-held-groton-man
https://history.hanover.edu/texts/Willard-Knap.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=PDA5AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.asettledcommonwealth.com/houses
https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2008/03/elizabeth-knapp.html#google_vignette
 
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Intro/Outro Music from Uppbeat:
https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/unfamiliar-faces
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