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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Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
‘Tis the season! Or so we say... A season for celebrations and traditions, some of which date back thousands of years. Whether it's Christmas, Saturnalia, or Yule, all have ties to the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year and a sign of the sun's return. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they talk about Nordic gods, festivals of lights, Queen Victoria, and of course, the Puritans.
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Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Let's jump back into the Putnam Problem. After discussing the differences between Salem Village and Salem Town, both religious and social, and some of the Putnam ancestry, now we get to talk about their direct involvement in the trials. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite tour guides, as they talk about Thomas and his 120 court documents; Ann and her own afflictions; and of course Ann Jr., who makes more accusations of witchcraft than anyone else.
Salem Witch Museum
Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project
Historyofmassachusetts.org
Legends of America
Wikipedia
Ann Jr.'s Confession
Wikitree
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Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Welcome back to 1692. We're spending a couple weeks in Salem Village, with the Puritans who lived there. Specifically, the infamous Putnam family. Thomas Putnam Jr., Ann Sr., and Ann Jr. were responsible for more accusations of witchcraft than anyone else. It certainly seems like they had a bone to pick!
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Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Our beloved Common is one of the many hearts and historic centers of Salem. From the first muster of what is now the National Guard over 350 years ago to the filming of Hocus Pocus just 30 years ago, this public space has been a central part of Salem's ever-evolving story since the city's founding. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, for a conversation about fences, musters, hot air balloons, and oddly enough, tigers!
1700 Salem, by James Duncan Phillips, 1933. Based on research of Sydney Perley. Digitized map c/o the University of Virginia Library. Salem Public Library.
"Salem Common." salem.gov.
"Salem Common Fence Restoration." Preserving Salem.
"Salem Common Historic District (Salem, Massachusetts). Wikipedia.
"Salem Common in Salem, Massachusetts." Historyofmassachusetts.org.
"'Pageant of Salem'" Will Have a Cast of 700 People." The Boston Globe. 04 September 1926.
"Balloon Ascension from Salem." Boston Evening Transcript. 22 June 1872.
"Running with the old masheen." Lynn Daily Item. 01 July 1903.
"Roger Conant Statue Near Salem Common." The Lynn Daily Item. 24 May 1913.
"Puritan as a tiger? Never!" The Boston Globe. 28 Dec 1906.
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Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
This October, Salem had the pleasure of hosting four cast members from the original Hocus Pocus film, thirty years after it premiered. But how does one even go about bringing four high-profile individuals into Salem during its busiest season? Well, we've got the answer for you! It involved a lot of leg work, a lot of planning, and good old fashioned Salem community. Join Jeffrey and Sarah as they sit down with the organizers of “It's all just a Buncha Halloween” in Salem; John Andrews of the Creative Collective, Brian Sims of Salem's Black Hat Society, and the ringmaster of the event Joe Manganaro of The Horror Squad Podcast.
https://creativecollectivema.com/
https://salemsblackhatsociety.org
@thehorrorsquadpodcast
The Horror Squad Podcast on Spotify
The Horror Squad Podcast on Apple
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Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
And that, friends, is another October in the books! That's thirty-one days of spooky scary skeletons done and gone, leaving behind them a trail of tiny witch hats, empty bags of candy corn, and the most staggering October numbers the city has ever seen. Join your favorite (and very tired) Salem tour guides as they chat about the adventures and misadventures of everyone's favorite season in the Witch City.
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Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Happy Halloween! And welcome to part two of our true crime series. Sarah’s taking the reins on this one and bringing us back to the 1930s, when Fire Captain William Costello was found dead in his Peabody home. His wife Jessie quickly became the prime suspect and the sensational murder trial to follow took place right here in downtown Salem.
Coverage of the Costello trial, The Boston Globe, February - August 1933
McMahon, E. J. (1933). Uncensored testimony of the "cop" who kissed and told : Costello murder trial Houghton Library, Harvard
“The Smiling Widow: Jessie Costello” by Jen Ratcliff, Salem State University
“The Murder Trial of the Century” Peabody Historical Society
“The Festive Murder Trial of Jessie Costello” New England Historical Society
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Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Come little children, let us take thee away! Do we have a special treat for you. The kids from your favorite Halloween movie were back in the Witch City, some for the first time in 30 years. The cast had a blast while they were here, from signing autographs on the Common, to a party at Bit Bar. AND we were privileged enough to lead them on a walking tour to all the filming locations. Join Jeffrey and Sarah for a trip down memory lane as they chat with the Hocus Pocus cast about their time in Salem.
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Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Ready for some true crime? It is history after all...
We've got two cases for you! And with that, two episodes! Join your favorite Salem tour guides as they share with each other, and you, a true crime story each. Jeffrey's going first and covering the Boston Strangler - an infamous serial killer from Boston in the early 1960’s who is credited with 13 murders completed in the short span of 18 months. Who is the Strangler? Was he ever caught? Why did he kill? And how did it all end?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Strangler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_DeSalvo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nassar
https://www.theatlantic.com/projects/the-future-of-the-city/archive/2010/05/the-mad-strangler-of-boston/57108/
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2229&dat=19620708&id=BAMzAAAAIBAJ&pg=1965,2258222
https://web.archive.org/web/20081222085607/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,896645,00.html
https://web.archive.org/web20230224202030/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-09-30-9203290160-story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/us/dna-evidence-identified-in-boston-strangler-case.html
https://web.archive.org/web20230224202030/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-09-30-9203290160-story.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=n0EEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/notorious/boston/7.html
https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/50-years-ago-boston-strangler-struck-in-salem/article_6205bfc2-e799-5101-9e4e-eb82afaa1d1f.html
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Book a tour with Jeffrey at Better Than Fiction Tours www.btftours.com
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Intro/Outro Music from Uppbeat:
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