Whispers of the Moirai

For the first Patreon Bonus episode we examine the movie "The Crucible". We talk about the plot, its historical accuracies, the fictional drama, and my opinion of the movie altogether. The bonus is the first of two companion episodes to the many witch trial episodes on the main page. If you want to hear the episode in its entirety, check out my Patreon! Membership is only $3/month. patreon.com/Whi...

Around 3am March 31st 1949 Ovida Coogler is last seen entering a car in Las Cruces, New Mexico. No one can agree on the description of the car. With so many nefarious men lurking and corrupt law enforcement it is a tall order for the press and the everyday men and women seeking justice for the popular waitress. Her murder remains unsolved but her legacy led to the dismantling of the system that wo...

Welcome to Part 2, the finale of the intro to the Saying Their Names series. In this part we discuss the cases of Levi Harrington, William Brown, and Dr. Andrew C. Jackson. We talk about their background, their murder, the fight and loss of justice over their deaths, and how people have continued their memories into the present day. Sources: Https://sayevery.name Equal Justice Initiative "EJI Part...

Levi Harrington, William Brown, and Dr. A.C. Jackson are just three among thousands of black Americans who have been murdered at the hands of white racists in America. Yet, compared to white victims, their stories are less known. To remedy the obscuring of black history and suffering in America we'll be exploring these cases three at a time in chronological order. But before we get to the cases, w...

A fruitful relationship has soured and rotted, but why? Did the young female artist just lash out over an unfair contract and accuse an innocent producer of one of the most heinous crimes out of spite? Or, did the successful producer use his power to abuse the artist and then try to ruin her financially when she spoke out? This episode covers the nine year long legal battle between Kesha and Dr. L...

You've made it to the end of the witches' road. The finale leg of the journey involves paths that diverge, cross, and separate again throughout the years of 1692-1697 and into our modern day where the descendants refused to forget the victims of the trials. With our time spent together going over their stories, I hope you listener may also keep their memories alive in your head and heart. Sources:...

For a court that only existed for five months, the Salem Court of Oyer and Terminer sure knew how to exacerbate the chaos. The arrests (just under 150) and even the executions of the condemned witches (in the double digits) are not providing relief to any of the main afflicted. Instead, more afflicted, more accusations, and eventually a lot of confessors would overwhelm the system until Governor P...

How much damage can be done in three months? Considering we go from 4 to 67 witch suspects, 1 woman dying in jail and another being the first official condemned 'witch' to be hanged in that time, I'd say a lot. And the panic is not staying isolated in Salem Village. It's branching out to other nearby towns. In this episode there is more afflicted, more accused, and a lot more examinations. Sources...

Salem Village has a problem. Okay, maybe a few problems. They didn't have the best relationship with their first three potential ministers. And now, as they finally have their fourth, Samuel Parris, ordained, four village girls have become afflicted and there are three four suspected witches amongst them. Surely it can't get worse than this for the Village, right? Right? Sources: "The Salem Witch...

Our scope of witch hunts narrows to the New England region of North America. We focus on the hunts throughout the 1600s and explain why the hunts were centered in the Puritan community. Sources: "Witchcraze: A New History of the European Witch Hunts" by Anne Llewellyn Barstow "The Enemy Within: 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World" by John Demos Cover Art: Jan from FondlyFramed Https:...

Everyone has heard about Salem, but what about all the witch hunts before then? Want to know the when, where, and why of the lesser explored hunts? This episode explores those very things in an easily digestible fashion, going on a tour across Europe to explain the cultural differences and the larger patterns at play. Sources: "Witchcraze: A New History of the European Witch Hunts" by Anne Llewell...