The Thing About Witch Hunts

History Podcasts

Witch trials have shaped communities, claimed lives, and defined entire eras of history. The Thing About Witch Hunts investigates the real history behind witch hunts and modern witchcraft persecution worldwide, from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to...

Episodes

The Craft at 30 with Abby Brenker of the Lunatics Project

Salem Aftermath: Applying Behavioral Studies to Ann Putnam Jr. with Dr. Hogan Sherrow & Tom Phillips

World Day Against Witch Hunts: Missio in Papua New Guinea with Sister Lorena Jenal and Jörg Nowak

Healing the Past: The Reclamation Project with Claire Standen

Witchland: Inside the Book with Professor Marion Gibson

The Witch Trial History of Exeter, England with Professor Mark Stoyle

American Revolution: The Treaty of Watertown, 1776 with Marilynne K. Roach

200 Episodes About Witch Hunts: Celebrating a Milestone with a Lesson in Witch Trial History

Witches and Familiars with Dr. Holly Bamford

Metacom's Resistance: Perspectives on King Philip's War with Sarah Stewart

Open Mic Night with Guests Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack

The Art and Folklore of Divination with Icy Sedgwick, author of Fate or Fortune

Connecticut Witch Trials Before Salem: The Play Windsor's Daughter Restores Alice Young's Legacy

Blood Countess: The Lies that Made Elizabeth Bathory a Serial Killer with Shelley Puhak

The American Revolution and Salem Witch Trials Families with Dan Gagnon

Fairy History, Folklore, and Belief with Dr. Francis Young

Devil, Witchcraft and English Demonology with Prof. Darren Oldridge

The Conjuring Explained: The Real Bathsheba Sherman and Salem Witch Trials Victim Mary Esty

Cunning Folk at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center: Witchcraft and Occult Knowledge

Vampires, Witchcraft, and the Dangerous Dead in Folklore and Ritual: Professor John Blair