Episode 12: Half-Hanged
Lore
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What Happened in Salem, Massachusetts?
Aaron Mankey: Superstition was common in the late 1600s. If something odd or unexplainable happened, most people were to blame the supernatural. He says scholars agreed that these beliefs were merely excuses to help people deal with neighbors and family members they didn't care for. What happened in Salem happened elsewhere, all around New England,. just on a smaller scale.
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