Sheela Na Gig Episode 6: The Salem Witch Trials

OUR 1st of 3 Halloween Episodes! The Sheela Na Gig Podcast celebrates women in history whose strength, talent, and perseverance went largely (or completely) unrecognized or perhaps someone you don't yet know about, but should! We are dedicated to celebrating women—one per episode—who we lovingly & reverently call “our Sheelas. Nineteen accused witches were hanged on Gallows Hill in 1692 in Salem Massachusetts. Belief in the supernatural—and specifically in the devil’s practice of giving certain humans (witches) the power to harm others in return for their loyalty—had emerged in Europe as early as the 14th century, and was widespread in colonial New England. Hysteria spread through the community and beyond into the rest of Massachusetts, resulting in the senseless hangings of 14 women (& 5 men.) All Sheelas in their own right, as they held their heads high & fought for justice, to no avail. Certainly not one of our finest events in American History- out of the darkness & into the light! RIP.

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