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Sarah Jack @restingwitches.bsky.social · 20d

New Author ⭐️ New Episode Author Andrea Catalano on Her Novel The First Witch of Boston witchhuntshow.com/2025/09/30/a...

Author Andrea Catalano on Her Novel The First Witch of Boston - The Thing About Witch Hunts

In October, Josh and Sarah highlight "The First Witch of Boston" by Andrea Catalano, the gripping tale of Margaret Jones, the first woman tried for witchcraft in Massachusetts in 1648. They discuss th...

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Sarah Jack @restingwitches.bsky.social · 21d

#witchtrials #wos #newbook #witchesofscotland #podcast @witchhunt.bsky.social @thethingaboutsalem.bsky.social #endwitchhunts

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Mary Bingham @mary-louise.bsky.social · Aug 9

Give this #FaceBook Page a view and a like. It was created by @endwitch.bsky.social own @restingwitches.bsky.social. Beautiful declaration of World Day Against Witch-Hunts.
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The Thing About Witch Hunts @witchhunt.bsky.social · Jul 9

Define 150? ok

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What is a Witch? Our Semitricentennial Episode

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @witchhunt.bsky.social · Jul 7

Have you visited the Springfield Museums engaging exhibit on Hugh and Mary Lewis Parsons? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Witch Panic: Massachusetts Before Salem: Behind the Scenes with Elizabeth Kapp of the Springfield Museums

Podcast Episode · The Thing About Witch Hunts · 07/02/2025 · 41m

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @witchhunt.bsky.social · Jul 7

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Caution: May Contain Specters – The Thing About Salem

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @witchhunt.bsky.social · Jul 7

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Did Bad Bread Bewitch Salem?

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Joseph Laycock @josephlaycock.bsky.social · Jul 5

Filed under things that will have to go in an updated version of "The Exorcist Effect."

"There's its soul leaving": Labubu dolls are causing a new Satanic Panic on Christian TikTok

"This thing has been ruining my life and it is cursed."

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Sarah Jack @restingwitches.bsky.social · Jul 3

Dining with the Devil in the Pastor's Pasture: Salem's Witches' Sabbath
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Dining with the Devil in the Pastor's Pasture: Salem's Witches' Sabbath

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Sarah Jack @restingwitches.bsky.social · Jul 3

Caution: May Contain Specters
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Caution: May Contain Specters

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Sarah Jack @restingwitches.bsky.social · Jul 3

Unboxing the Witches of Scotland Memorial Tartan
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Unboxing the Witches of Scotland Memorial Tartan

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Sarah Jack @restingwitches.bsky.social · Jul 3

Witch Panic: Massachusetts Before Salem: Behind the Scenes with Elizabeth Kapp
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Witch Panic: Massachusetts Before Salem: Behind the Scenes with Elizabeth Kapp

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @witchhunt.bsky.social · Jun 27

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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Sarah Jack @restingwitches.bsky.social · Jun 23

1 month into The Thing About Salem podcast, & we're thrilled with the opportunity to tell this rich, complex story week by week.
From Salem's "witch cake", to judges experimenting with poppets in court proceedings. Read about it: aboutsalem.com/we-are-just-...

We Are Just Getting Started Talking About the Things – The Thing About Salem

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @witchhunt.bsky.social · Jun 20

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @witchhunt.bsky.social · Jun 19

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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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · Jun 19

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @witchhunt.bsky.social · Jun 8

It’s Out! The Salem Witch Trials Judges Played with Poppets aboutsalem.com/the-salem-wi...

The Salem Witch Trials Judges Played with Poppets – The Thing About Salem

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @witchhunt.bsky.social · Jun 10

Mozambique: Misinformation fuels crimes against persons with albinism

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Mozambique: Misinformation fuels crimes against persons with albinism - Minister

Poor access to information about the causes of albinism, combined with discrimination, ignorance and myths claiming that parts of their bodies have magical powers, makes persons suffering from albinis...

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @witchhunt.bsky.social · Jun 12

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.

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The Thing About Witch Hunts @witchhunt.bsky.social · Jun 13

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 @witchhunt.bsky.social · Jun 15

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New Epi Out Now!
Why The Crucible Never Gets Old
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Why The Crucible Never Gets Old

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The Thing About Salem @thethingaboutsalem.bsky.social · May 29

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The Thing About Salem @thethingaboutsalem.bsky.social · May 29

Only 3 more days until we release the first episode of The Thing About Salem! Join us June 1 for a talk about Tituba. Available on YouTube and all the podcast apps.

An arm with the hand holding a megaphone. A dialogue box says "3 Days to Go". The frame around this is purple with yellow paint splotches. The words "The Thing About Salem. New Podcast Coming June 1, 2025. New Episodes Sundays. Aboutsalem.com" are printed on the frame.

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The Thing About Salem @thethingaboutsalem.bsky.social · Jun 1

Check out this free preview of episode one, The Thing About Tituba, which premieres in about an hour and a half.

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