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 Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Book reports are due! Did Sarah and Jeffrey do their homework? Absolutely. Join us as Sarah covers Hawthorne's first major novel The Scarlet Letter and Jeffrey covers The House of the Seven Gables. Let's talk about Hester Prynn, adultery, and puritanical laws; how people are burdened by the past and how the sins of the father are the problems we must deal with in the present. Both of these books, written over a century and a half ago, still have resounding themes even today.
The Scarlet Letter, Nathanial Hawthorne 1850
The House of the Seven Gables, Nathanial Hawthorne 1851
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Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Sometimes called Salem's favorite son, Nathaniel Hawthorne remains one of Witch City's most famous residents. He was a novelist, a poet, and a short story writer. You might be familiar with The Scarlet Letter, but this week we take a look at the author behind the words. Join your favorite Salem tour guides, Jeffrey and Sarah, as they discuss everything from his birthday, to his mustache. Venture back to nineteenth-century Salem with us and discover how Hawthorne's life, lineage, and experiences influenced his most prolific writings.
https://historyofmassachusetts.org/nathaniel-hawthorne/
https://americanliterature.com/author/nathaniel-hawthorne/short-story/the-ghost-of-dr-harris
https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/02/13/herman-melville-nathaniel-hawthorne-love-letters/
https://poets.org/poet/nathaniel-hawthorne
https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/nathaniel-hawthorne
https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-nathaniel-hawthorne
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Tuesday May 23, 2023
Tuesday May 23, 2023
Perhaps one day we'll summon Caroline Emmerton from the grave... But until then, we got you the next best thing: David Moffat, Visitor Services Specialist at The House of the Seven Gables. David is a wealth of information about the site, the buildings, the history, and everything that goes with it. Join us for a fantastic history lesson inside one of the oldest buildings we've ever recorded in. We learned about everything from dendrochronology (using tree rings to date wood) to the secrets of the secret staircase.
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Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
There are very few individual people who have had as much of an impact on Salem as Caroline Emmerton. Philanthropist is the best word to describe her, but she did so much for Salem that it also falls short. Join Jeffrey and Sarah, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they weave through Caroline's life and talk about how she took the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion (aka House of Seven Gables), preserved its history, expanded its reach, and used the income generated to help Salem's immigrant communities.
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Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Sarah Osbourne. Roger Toothaker. Mercy Good. Ann Foster. Lydia Dustin. Casualties of the Salem Witch Trials are traditionally taught as 19 hanged and 1 tortured to death. However, there were an additional 5 people who died in jail. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they unravel the stories of these individuals. A woman sitting on a land dispute, a man practicing folk magic, an infant child, a confessed witch, and a woman found innocent. Together they form a striking picture of what was happening in New England in 1692.
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Tuesday May 02, 2023
Tuesday May 02, 2023
Vanessa Hudgens recently premiered her documentary on witchcraft and the paranormal. Her and her friend, GG Magree, embarked on a journey to Salem, Massachusetts where they did a bit of ghost hunting at Turners and Bunghole, got some lessons in witchcraft from practitioners at Pentagram and Ascend, and so much more. We just had to watch! Join your favorite Salem tour guides Jeffrey and Sarah as they share their thoughts on the show, how it ties into Salem, why Sarah wants to go ghost hunting, and where on earth that scene of the friendship came from.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22525076/
https://tubitv.com/movies/100000747/dead-hot
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Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Salem is a wildly diverse city, with a historical pattern that is just as complex. Our little coastal new england city so often reflects the larger goings on in the country. Salem 1854: Charlotte Forten, born and raised in Philadelphia, became the first African American student at the Higginson Grammar School for Girls in Salem. She went on become the first African American to graduate from what is now Salem State University. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they talk about the incredible life of abolitionist, poet, nurse, and teacher, Charlotte Forten, and her ties to Salem.
https://www.salemstate.edu/charlotte-forten
https://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/charlotte.html
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52446/charles-sumner
https://wams.nyhistory.org/a-nation-divided/antebellum/salem-anti-slavery-society/#
https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-sectional-crisis/charlotte-forten-complains-of-racism-in-the-north-1855/#:~:text=June%202%2C%201854
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Book a tour with Jeffrey (For 2023) www.btftours.com
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Intro/Outro Music from Uppbeat:
https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/unfamiliar-faces
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Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
As the first appointed Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Sir William Phips is integral to the complicated story that is the Salem Witch Trials. He forms the famous Court of Oyer and Terminer, and 7 months later he's the one to dissolve it and make all spectral evidence illegal. Was it too little too late? Could he have gone against the will of the people? Join your favorite Salem tour guides, Jeffrey and Sarah, as they try to get to the bottom of who exactly this knighted treasure hunter from small town Maine was.
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Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Rounding out our historic location/restaurant trilogy, we decided to go to one of the most iconic places in Salem: Red’s Sandwich Shop! Coffee in hand, we sat down INSIDE historic Red’s with one of the new owners, Kelly Homan. A Salem native who grew up near Gallows Hill, Kelly went from hostess to owner in just 10 years. Join your favorite Salem tour guides Sarah and Jeffrey as they talk coffee, history, and a restaurant loved by not only Salem locals, but visitors too!
https://redsinsalem.com/
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NEW INSTAGRAM - @salemthepod
Email - hello@salemthepodcast.com
Book a tour with Jeffrey www.btftours.com
Book a tour with Sarah www.bewitchedtours.com
Intro/Outro Music from Uppbeat:
https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/unfamiliar-faces
License code: NGSBY7LA1HTVAUJE
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
(AKA the First Church, Daniel Low & Co., and Rockafellas)
Get your mystery shots ready because we're diving into the history of Town House Square! We've got witch trials, Revolution, retail, death, hauntings, tunnels, and so much more. Was it the Blue Lady, or perhaps just Daniel Low in his blue suit?! This location is absolutely drenched in history. Join your favorite local tour guides as they explore the history of this cornerstone of Salem.
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