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Episode 245: The Salem Witch Trials

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Salem Witch Trials

In January 1692, two young girls in the village of Salem started to have strange fits. They would scream and babble as they crawled around on the floor under furniture that could contort themselves into twisted positions. The town's puritan minister was trying to kick up a fuss about a satanic conspiracy here. In February 1692, arrest warrants were issued against three women accused of being witches - Sarah Osborne, Sarah Goode and TeTuber.

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