logo
episode-header-image
Feb 2024
1h 42m

Salem Witch Trials Timeline and Fancasts

Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne
About this episode

Blair and Carley are back, they hate the Titanic now, they're only about witches. Sign up on Patreon for episodes a week early and ad-free, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians


Welcome to the Salem Witch Files! Carley and Blair start the new season (after some movie talk) with an overview, timeline, and casting choices for the Salem Witch Trials, so that before diving deeper in later episodes, you know who, like, the illiterate doctor is. (They're played by Lea Michele.)


Also: season 2 and Patreon housekeeping, ski jump noses, Charles Melton, Mean Girls the Musical, personal history with the Salem witch trials, hanged versus hung, saying “witch hunt," Protestant schools, seasonal affective disorder-driven vengeance, dark cottagecore, witch cakes, Animal Crossing, fingering parties with the devil, and outie vaginas.


Hosted by: Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne

Produced by: Rob Moden

Music by: Jacob Ollivier

Cover artist: Nicola Lyttle

v1.03


Have suggestions or feedback? Email us at girlhistorians@gmail.com

For business inquiries email us at uncarley@zigguratxyz.com


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next
Nov 21
THE KENNEDYS EP. 16: Chappaquiddick!!!!
<p>A car drives off a bridge. a woman dies. the youngest kennedy was driving the car. Join the girls as they dive into the frankly mind-boggling Chappaquiddick incident!!!!1</p><p>love you as always thanks for listening &lt;3</p><br><p><a href="https://uncarley.com/collection/gir ... Show More
1h 24m
Nov 14
Boy Currently (w/ Ben Sosa-Wright and Brendan Kane)
Today we invite comedians and friends Ben Sosa-Wright and Brendan Kane onto the pod to talk about current events. Which is the opposite of history btw.Okay love you bye!!GIRL HISTORIANS MERCH <3 Sign up on Patreon for ad-free early episodes, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistoria ... Show More
1h 24m
Nov 7
THE KENNEDYS EP. 15: Who killed JFK? (Conspiracies pt 2)
Today the girls continue the investigation into who killed jfk by diving into some of the conspoiracies surrounding who might be responsible. We also talk books, trends, and wearing a little black beret.okay love you bye!GIRL HISTORIANS MERCH <3 Sign up on Patreon for ad-free ear ... Show More
1h 33m
Recommended Episodes
Apr 2025
The Salem Witch Trials
For more than two centuries, between the late 1400s and early 1700s, a terror of witches gripped Europe. From Scotland to Spain, thousands of people were accused, tortured and executed. But as the hysteria faded in Europe, it crossed the Atlantic. In 1692, in New England, it took ... Show More
58m 58s
Oct 2024
Inside the Witch Trials: Salem | Fear In A New World
<p>We often think of the witch trials as something in the deep and distant past.</p><br><p>But, as we'll hear in today's episode, the attitudes and behaviour that led to witch trials is as present today as it was then.</p><br><p>In this third and final episode of our limited seri ... Show More
43 m
Aug 2024
Salem Witch Trials: Hysteria & Accusations
<p>First of two episodes on the Salem Witch Trials. We begin the story as accusations are made throughout the town of Salem and a climate of fear is palpable. Maddy Pelling takes Anthony Delaney into the most famous witch trials of all time.</p><br><p>Written by Maddy Pelling. E ... Show More
47m 55s
Oct 1
184: The Devil's Secretaries or Scapegoats? The Witches History Erased
<div>Hi friends, happy Wednesday!<br> <br> So the other night I was deep into my usual bedtime routine of doomscrolling, and I stumbled across this headline that said: “DID YOU KNOW: The Last Witch Trial Was in 1944.”<br> <br> And I was like… I’m sorry, what? 1944? Like while the ... Show More
52m 53s
Oct 2018
SALEM Ep. 1 | "The Devil"
When two girls fell ill in January 1692, no one suspected the affliction would lead to one of the most infamous events in American history. The Puritans of Salem Village believed the Devil had attacked their community and they would stop at nothing to find the witches who were Sa ... Show More
37m 36s
Jan 2025
Alice Kyteler and the First Witchcraft Trial in Ireland with Molly Aitken
In County Kilkenny, Ireland, in an early year of a century not too long before our own, Alice Kyteler was accused of witchcraft. But the story doesn&apos;t end there. This week, Molly Aitken—author of BRIGHT I BURN—is here to tell us a tale where the more things* change, the more ... Show More
1h 4m
Nov 2018
SALEM Ep. 7 | Interview: Rachel Christ
Rachel Christ is the Director of Education at the Salem Witch Museum. We met at the museum for a great discussion about the history of witchcraft, the Salem crisis in context with the witch hunts in Europe, and modern witch hunts, as well as many other things. For more details, p ... Show More
36 m
Nov 2024
Part One: Witches: Witches Were Pretty Cool Even Though They Didn't Really Exist
Margaret tells you about the history of European witchcraft and the witch trials and how it all came down to a contest between Catholics and Protestants to see who could murder the most people.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 
22m 38s
Oct 1
Alice Kyteler and the Kilkenny Witch Trials
<p>Alice Kyteler's witchcraft trial shocked 14th century Ireland. Today, the charges against her are seen largely as nonsense, and more about personal vendettas and struggles for power.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Research:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bailey, Michael D. &ldquo;HISTORICAL DICT ... Show More
34m 50s