• Episode 5 - Examinations

  • Oct 30 2023
  • Length: 38 mins
  • Podcast

Episode 5 - Examinations

  • Summary

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    The three suspected witches are now in custody in Salem Village and are publicly examined by colonial magistrates at the Meeting House. The first two suspects, local beggar woman Sarah Good and the scandalous but frail Sarah Osborn, deny being witches and blame others. The third suspect, Rev. Parris' Native American slave Tituba, begins like the others by denying the charges. However she soon changes her story and weaves a kaleidoscopic narrative full of fantastic characters that enthralls the village. Everyone is amazed with wonder but also struck with fear at the potential size of the witch conspiracy, which now seems much larger than the usual small handful of suspects that New Englanders are used to.

    The actual 1692 written accounts of these three examinations are used as the primary source for the script of this episode.

    All music written by Brian O'Connell - www.brianvoconnell.com

    Episode 5 Parts:

    Part I - Gathering Storm
    Part II - Witches Teats, Magistrates Arrive, Meeting House
    Part III - Examination of Sarah Good
    Part IV - Examination of Sarah Osborn
    Part V - Examination of Sarah Tituba
    Part VI - The Familiars
    Part VII - The storm begins to spread (Gathering Storm Reprise)

    Brian O'Connell - voice, guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, bass guitar, upright bass, keyboards, synthesizers

    Milo - screams

    Recorded at Studio Vinniechops
    Mixed, Edited, Mastered by Brian O'Connell

    https://www.patreon.com/Witch_Hunt

    History Sources

    “The Salem Witch Trials – A Day-By-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege” by Marilynne K. Roach, Taylor Trade Publishing, 2002

    "A Storm of Witchcraft - The Salem Witch Trials and the American Experience“ by Emerson W. Baker, Oxford University Press, 2015

    "In the Devil's Snare - The Salem Witchcraft Crisis" by Mary Beth Norton, Vintage Books, 2002

    Salem Witch Trials - Documentary Archive and Transcription Project - University of Virginia - https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n125.html





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