Salem The Podcast
Welcome to Salem, Massachusetts! Join tour guides Jeffrey Lilley and Sarah Black as they talk all things Witch City. Learn its history, meet its people, and discover the magic.
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Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
During our Laurie Cabot episodes, we learned that in 1981 she worked as “Technical Consultant” on a horror movie about witches that took place in... you guessed it... Salem! The Coming, later titled Burned at the Stake is a must-see for any Salem-lover. So join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, for another obscure movie review! Was it historically accurate? Did it represent Salem well? How did William Good time travel? And how do we feel about gooey, alien representations of evil?
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IMDb - Burned at the Stake
"Movie Director Now Believes in the Occult" (Lynn Daily Item, Nov. 1979)
Wikipedia - Burt I. Gordon
Movies and Mania
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Thursday Jan 09, 2025
Thursday Jan 09, 2025
Welcome to the 1980’s! At least for this week's episode as we continue with the life and times of Laurie Cabot, "Official Witch of Salem.” Laurie continues to make headlines across the country and even appears in National Geographic. Magic baseball bats? Oil speculation? Mayoral controversy? And why did she protest the filming of the movie The Witches of Eastwick?
Laurie Cabot Official Youtube Channel
"Laurie Cabot: The Witch of Salem," Real People interview by George Schlatter - Youtube
"2 Witches Explain the Misconceptions Faced by Their Community" The Opera Winfrey Network, OWN - Youtube
"New England Legends Extra" - Jeff Belanger Interview with Laurie Cabot (2017) - Youtube
"Laurie Cabot" by Jenn Ratliff, Salem State University (2022)
"Laurie Cabot On Turning Witch City Around" by Laura Miller, Enchanted Magazine (2017)
"Salem's Official Witch, Laurie Cabot, Finds Grave Errors in Eastwick" by Cable Neuhaus, People Magazine (1987)
"Dukakis makes big move for witch vote in '78" Lynn Daily Item (18 May 1977): 48
"Salem Witch Sees Strike Settlement" Lynn Daily Item (8 July 1981): 17
"The Happy Witch of Salem" The Plain Dealer (26 July 1981): 190
"Strutting at the Witches Ball" Lynn Daily Item (2 Nov 1982): 23
"Witch Curses Radio Station" Lynn Daily Item (17 Aug 1983): 11
"Witches Protest Making Film in Bay State" The Day (5 June 1986): 17
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Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
No, victims of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials were not actual witches. But fast forward three centuries and you'll find the city is home to more than 5,000 practicing witches. Only one of them, however, can claim the title "Official Witch of Salem." Her name is Laurie Cabot and she helped create the Witch Mecca you see today. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they delve into the life of this incredible woman - which is ongoing by the way (Laurie is turning 92 this year). When did her abilities begin? How did she end up in Salem? Would you have jumped at the chance to take after-school witchcraft classes at her house in the 1970s?
https://www.youtube.com/@LaurieCabotOfficial/featured
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY_MvfQwhxo
https://libguides.salemstate.edu/home/archives/blog/Laurie-Cabot
https://enchantedlivingmagazine.com/a-salem-legend/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/09/13/a-cauldron-of-controversy/1bd6dd24-602c-4f20-b273-4a9a0acb2cb9/
1973. Linton Daily Citizen. June 21: 1
1973. "Witches." The Boston Globe. Aug 19: 375.
1974. "Come Set A Spell." Tucson Citizen. Oct 31: 1.
1976. "3 Bloop Hits." The Day. New London, CT. May 13: 25.
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Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Last episode we talked about Samuel Wardwell's life leading up to 1692. Now we must move on to his confession and fate. Where did he receive his unholy baptism? Did this man in black really subvert the whole family and lay with his daughter? Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they ponder if Goodman Wardwell really could predict the future. Or maybe he just possessed a good nature and jovial sense of humor.
https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/tag/wardwell_samuel.html
https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/lydia-wardell-protest-or-the-naked-quaker/
Richard Hite, In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692
Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible World or The Wonders of the Invisible World Displayed in Five Parts
Emerson Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
Boyer and Nissenbaum, Salem-Village Witchcraft: A documentary record of local conflict in colonial New England
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Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
On September 22, 1692 the last eight individuals executed for the crime of witchcraft were hanged in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Among them was the only confessed witch (later recanted) and self-proclaimed fortune teller, Samuel Wardwell of Andover. Join Jeffrey and Sarah, your favorite Salem tour guides as they trace the early life of this Puritan raised by Quakers, and how that may have influenced how and why he was accused of being a Witch.
**trigger warning: miscarriages
https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/tag/wardwell_samuel.html
https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/lydia-wardell-protest-or-the-naked-quaker/
Richard Hite, In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692
Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible World or The Wonders of the Invisible World Displayed in Five Parts
Emerson Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
Boyer and Nissenbaum, Salem-Village Witchcraft: A documentary record of local conflict in colonial New England
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Thursday Dec 05, 2024
Thursday Dec 05, 2024
First-Comer? Saint? Pilgrim? Old Planter? These were all names given to the original Mayflower passengers, only half survived the first winter and made it to the “First Thanksgiving.” Among them was a young bastard boy, taken from his mother and shipped across the Atlantic. His name was Richard More and he would eventually make his way to Salem. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they talk about the second-to-last Mayflower Pilgrim left standing and the only one with a headstone from the time of death. He was a ship captain, a father, a tavern owner, and a husband to three wives. This bastard was no saint, for he was quite the trouble-maker as well.
https://visit.archives.gov/whats-on/explore-exhibits/thanksgiving-historical-perspectives#:~:text=A%20Harvest%20Celebration,back%20then%20used%20that%20term
https://plimoth.org/for-students/homework-help/who-were-the-pilgrims#:~:text='Pilgrim'%20became%20
https://mayflower.americanancestors.org/richard-more-biography
David Lindsay, Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger amongst the Pilgrims
Daniel Fury, If These Stones Could Speak: The History and People of the Old Salem Burying Point
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Wednesday Nov 27, 2024
Wednesday Nov 27, 2024
Some of us come to Salem willingly, some of us are drawn to the city magically. After talking to this week's guest, we can confidently put him in the latter category. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides as they talk with fellow tour guide, Tim Maguire. Tim is the owner of Salem Night Tour, Wynotts Wands, and The Halloween Museum! We were lucky enough to chat with him about his adventures in Salem… Was he really in a O.K. Corral style gunfight? Was he cursed or blessed by a strange man with a wand? And what spirits from Salem's past haunt him?
https://www.salemghosttours.com/
http://www.wynottswands.com/
https://www.halloweenmuseumsalem.com/
https://www.tourofthefreedomtrail.com/
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Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
She could tell you how your ship would fare at sea. And details of your distant betrothed. She prophesied the outcome of the American Revolution and George Washington's lasting legacy. Born 100 years earlier and her neighbors probably would have hanged her in 1692. But Moll Pitcher was no witch, and she didn't much like the title 'fortune-teller' either. Buckle up friends, we're heading back to the 18th Century and spending most of this episode balancing truth with legend. And to think, it all started with a spoon...
History of Essex County (1888)
Moll Pitcher's Prophecies (1895)
"The Wizarding Family of Marblehead" Marblehead Current
"The Magician of Marblehead" YankeeXpress
"Historical Building of the Week: A House of Many Names" Marblehead Weekly News
"Moll Pitcher - Famous Fortune Teller of Massachusetts" Legends of America
Moll Pitcher: A Poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (1832)
Moll Pitcher Souvenir Spoon - eBay (ps. I got mine for a fraction of this so wait for a cheaper one to hit the market!)
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Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Hello November... again! Sarah and Jeffrey, your hosts and favorite Salem tour guides, aren't the only Salemites recovering from busy season. So we took to the streets, found some of our friends, and asked them how their October went. So who did we bump into?
Mandy from Nocturne
www.nocturne.com
Landon, owner of Lucipurr
www.northeastanimalshelter.com
Ben, Co-Owner of VampFangs
www.vampfangs.com
Rory Raven, Tour Guide and Author
https://www.roryobrienbooks.com/
Jonathan from Count Oroloks
www.nightmaregaller.com
Christian, Co-Owner of Diehl Marcus & Co
www.diehlmarcus.com
Taz, Manager of Bit Bar
www.bitbar.com
Ally DF, Tour Guide and Comedian
@delfrancoyaknow
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