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The Salem Witch Trials: Were the Accusers Experiencing Something Paranormal?

Podcast: Paranormal Files · Forbidden Knowledge Network

Opublikowano: 2026-09-10

In 1692, reports of invisible attacks in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay, became the basis for one of the deadliest legal crises in colonial American history. Betty Parris, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam Jr., Elizabeth Hubbard, Mary Walcott, Mercy Lewis, and others described fits, pains, choking, spectral apparitions, strange animals, and unseen assaults. Their claims helped send neighbors, servants, church members, and former ministers into jail. This episode examines the strongest documented incidents through surviving examination records, depositions, warrants, contemporary narratives, and later church records. It follows Tituba’s extraordinary confession, the reported physical reactions during the ex...