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Feb 2024
1h 39m

First Accusations

Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne
About this episode

Carley tells Blair about the first accusations of witchcraft in Salem against Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba.


And after two episodes, they FINALLY search for witch trial porn.


Plus: Infinite Jest, Smash, Lemonade Mouth, The Social Network, Toms shoes, jalapeno poppers, spectral evidence, children at Boston Pizza, alternate birth control, storytime not clickbait, how Blair and Carley met, and more.


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Hosted by: Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne

Produced by: Rob Moden

Music by: Jacob Ollivier

Cover artist: Nicola Lyttle

v1.01


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