Connecticut Witch-Hunts and John Winthrop, Jr. with Dr. Scott Culpepper

10/20/22 • 68 min

Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack present Dr. Scott Culpepper. He is a historian, storyteller, author and Professor of History at Dordt University in Sioux Center, IA. We discuss the Connecticut Witch Trials in depth, including dialog on Governor John Winthrop Jr,, alchemy, and specific accused witches. We look for answers to our advocacy questions: Why do we witch hunt? How do we witch hunt? How do we stop hunting witches?

“Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663.” Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society. Vol. 22. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society: 1928.

John Putnam Demos, Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England, Updated Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Paul B. Moyer, Detestable and Wicked Arts: New England and Witchcraft in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2020.

Walter W. Woodward, Prospero’s America: John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2013.

Matthew Hopkins, The Discovery of Witches. London: For R. Royston, 1647.

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-discovery-of-witches

Dr. Culpepper's Blog, The Imaginative Historian

Youtube - Connecticut Witch Trials with Dr. Scott Culpepper

Dr. Scott Culpepper Professor Profile

New London Connecticut Historical Society

CT W.I.T.C.H. Memorial

Please sign the petition to exonerate those accused of witchcraft in Connecticut

CT State Historian, Walter W. Woodward

New Haven Colony History

Regicide History, New England Historical Society

Leo Igwe, AfAW

Winthrop's Journal (Sr.)

Tickets for Salem Ballet, Ballet Des Moines

Saltonstall's Trial Play Tickets
Join us on Discord to share your ideas and feedback.

“Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663.” Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society. Vol. 22. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society: 1928.

John Putnam Demos, Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England, Updated Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Paul B. Moyer, Detestable and Wicked Arts: New England and Witchcraft in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2020.

Walter W. Woodward, Prospero’s America: John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2013.

Matthew Hopkins, The Discovery of Witches. London: For R. Royston, 1647.

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-discovery-of-witches

Dr. Culpepper's Blog, The Imaginative Historian

Youtube - Connecticut Witch Trials with Dr. Scott Culpepper

Dr. Scott Culpepper Professor Profile

New London Connecticut Historical Society

CT W.I.T.C.H. Memorial

Please sign the petition to exonerate those accused of witchcraft in Connecticut

CT State Historian, Walter W. Woodward

New Haven Colony History

Regicide History, New England Historical Society

Leo Igwe, AfAW

Winthrop's Journal (Sr.)

Tickets for Salem Ballet, Ballet Des Moines

Saltonstall's Trial Play Tickets
Join us on Discord to share your ideas and feedback.

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Retired police officer Tony Griego and Author Beth Caruso return with witch trial advocate and historic tour guide Mary-Louise Bingham. We discuss the Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project's efforts to clear the names of those accused of witchcraft in colonial Connecticut.

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Citations

John Putnam Demos, Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England

Paul B. Moyer, Detestable and Wicked Arts: New England and Witchcraft in the Early Modern

Cotton Mather Magnalia Christi Americana

CT State Library Samuel Wyllys Papers

CT State HIstorian Walter W. Woodward

Links

Windsor Historical Society

State Representative Jane Garibay

Please sign the petition to exonerate those accused of witchcraft in Connecticut

Mary-Louise Bingham’s YouTube video at Proctor's Ledge about Connecticut victims

CT W.I.T.C.H. Memorial

Salem Witch-Hunt

The Witch Trials Hysteria History of the American Colonies

Diana DiZoglio Senate Floor Speech Exoneration of Elizabeth Johnson, Jr. 05/26/22

AfAW

Historical Sites with witch trial ties

First Church in Windsor

Connecticut's Old State House

Barnard Park also known as South Green

Hartford Ancient Burial Ground

Activism Timeline:

2005: “ad hoc committee”

2008/2009 attempted legislation

2016 CT W.I.T.C.H. Memorial Witch Interrogations Trials Colonial Hangings

2022 Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project

Thou Shalt Not Suffer: The Witch Trial Podcast links

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Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack present historian Maya Rook. She is a cultural historian, educator, and host of Illusory Time and Salem Oracle, and a yoga and meditation instructor. We discuss Salem Witch Trials folklore, divination, and magic facts in depth, along with the pop culture portrayal of the witch. Find out what can be known by the records about accused witch and slave Tituba. What is Sympathetic Magic? Was Counter Magic being used? We also look for answers to our advocacy questions: Why do we witch hunt? How do we witch hunt? How do we stop hunting witches?

Marilynne K. Roach, The Salem Witch Trials: A Day By Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege

Elaine G. Breslaw, Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem: Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies

University of VA, Salem Witch Trials Documents and Transcriptions

Salem Oracle by Maya Rook

Illusory Time by Maya Rook

Advocacy Against Witch Hunts, South Africa

Tickets for Salem Ballet, Ballet Des Moines

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