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LINK A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials

One town’s strange journey from paranoia to pardon

Fascinating and sad.

HippieChick58 9 Jan 26
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It was revolting what they did to those women..

And at least one man. The man had rocks piled on him til he died. What an awful way to go.

@HippieChick58 indeed..being crushed during suffocation must be horrifying and painful..

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Ergot was a major problem way before that. Just think all the people that wrote the book of lies were all loaded on ergot.

People seem to forget that all manner of uncontrolled mental illnesses were present when holy books were written.

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It had to do with land disputes

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