Effed Up History

Today we will be talking about the incredibly suspicious death of Christian Trask who one man said could only have died by witchcraft Sources: https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n14.html Beverly Bedeviled: One Town’s True Connections with the Witchcraft of 1692 by Edward R. Brown Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts Music:Medieval Loop One, Headless Horseman and Celebration by A

*sigh* I suppose it's time to talk about Theseus, my arch nemesis. This has to be some sort of cry for help, right? Anyway... sorry about this I guess. Source: Greek Myths by Robert Graves Music: Music:Medieval Loop One, Dawn, and Celebration by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 Interna

Originally published to Spotify 4/1//24 Let's explore the evolution of Satan and how that led to the original Satanic Panics, the early modern witch panics. Happy to have Jody and Shea with me on this one from the Rainy Day Rabbit Holes podcast!Music:Medieval Loop One, Headless Horseman and Celebration by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted

Originally published to spotify 3/11/24 Today we will be talking about the second witchcraft pamphlet from England, the case of John Walsh. Although can we even call this a witchcraft case? Sources:Early Modern Witches: Witchcraft Cases in Contemporary Writing by Marion Gibsonand MY BRAINMusic:Medieval Loop One, Headless Horseman and Celebration by Alexander Nakarada | https://www

Join us for this discussion about the Deerfield Raid of 1704 on the 320th anniversary with Lindsay Kruzlic, Assistant Curator at the Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, MA: Home of the famous door, which we'll talk about in lengths.Links for further research:http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/?fbclid=IwAR3rhnxhC4U03YmkuCxdw7q7LTvPnxZq7r3AKt53B-7Kg07VMs8IER0t2Qshttps://www.wamp

Originally posted to Spotify 2/14/24 Here is a long awaited episode of one of my favorite mythological figures: Medusa. However the myth of Medusa goes much deeper than the story that we know and love. Her story has changed and evolved over time and has become complicated and complex. So let's explore it allSources:theoi.comThe Medusa Reader by Marjorie Garber (Editor), Nancy

Originally posted to Spotify 12/25/23 Here are all of the episodes together. For individual sources please see each episode. Bigfoot Yeti Other Bigfoot Stories Chupacabra Dover Demon Dingonek Man Eating Trees Mothman Owlman Yara Ma Yha Who Drop Bear Fresno Nightcrawler Loch Ness Monster Kelpie Selkie Jersey Devil Music:Medieval Loop One, 12 Days of Christmas, and

Originally posted to Spotify 12/22/23 For the finale of the 12 days of Cryptmas series I present you the Jersey Devil. My favorite one that I think I've researched thus far. It's got everything. A cute creature, witchcraft, the devil, religion, politics, pettiness, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, and a potential real estate hoax. What more could you possibly ask for?MusicMedieval Loop

Originally posted 12/21/23 On the eleventh day of Cryptmas Krystina gave to you Scottish water creatures. Man this list is getting weird. But to be fair the original song is all freaking birds.Music:Medieval Loop One, 12 Days of Christmas, and Celebration by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0

Originally published to Spotify 12/20/23 On the whatever this is day of Cryptmas Krystina gave to you YOU NAMED MY DAUGHTER AFTER THE LOCH NESS MONSTER?!Music:Medieval Loop One, 12 Days of Christmas, and Celebration by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creati