Four parts! Our last and final episode on Laurie Cabot, the Official Witch of Salem. Someone who, by her very presence and actions, has changed the face of this city over the last fifty years. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they talk about some last-minute hidden stories about Laurie Cabot's past, and share some fun listener insights with you as well!

• In Search Of... part 1
• In Search Of... part 2
• In Search Of... part 3
• lauriecabot.com
• Godsmack "Voodoo" music Video
• "Witch City" documentary
• https://libguides.salemstate.edu/home/archives/blog/Laurie-Cabot
• https://enchantedlivingmagazine.com/a-salem-legend/
• https://people.com/archive/salems-official-witch-laurie-cabot-finds-grave-errors-in-eastwick-vol-27-no-26/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/09/13/a-cauldron-of-controversy/1bd6dd24-602c-4f20-b273-4a9a0acb2cb9/

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And we're back to talk about Laurie Cabot, Salem's *unofficial* Official Witch for the last time (maybe)! We've got her sensational mayoral run to cover, the tercentenary of the Salem Witch Trials, and of course, her help with the Martha Brailsford investigation. But what other nuggets could Sarah have uncovered this week? There's only one way to find out!

https://www.lauriecabot.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSUQxGjZZ4

https://vimeo.com/store/ondemand/buy/278806

https://libguides.salemstate.edu/home/archives/blog/Laurie-Cabot

https://enchantedlivingmagazine.com/a-salem-legend/

https://people.com/archive/salems-official-witch-laurie-cabot-finds-grave-errors-in-eastwick-vol-27-no-26/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/09/13/a-cauldron-of-controversy/1bd6dd24-602c-4f20-b273-4a9a0acb2cb9/

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During our Laurie Cabot episodes, we learned that in 1981 she worked as “Technical Consultant” on a horror movie about witches that took place in... you guessed it... Salem! The Coming, later titled Burned at the Stake is a must-see for any Salem-lover. So join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, for another obscure movie review! Was it historically accurate? Did it represent Salem well? How did William Good time travel? And how do we feel about gooey, alien representations of evil?

Watch on Youtube!

IMDb - Burned at the Stake

"Movie Director Now Believes in the Occult" (Lynn Daily Item, Nov. 1979)

Wikipedia - Burt I. Gordon

Movies and Mania

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Welcome to the 1980’s! At least for this week's episode as we continue with the life and times of Laurie Cabot, "Official Witch of Salem.” Laurie continues to make headlines across the country and even appears in National Geographic. Magic baseball bats? Oil speculation? Mayoral controversy? And why did she protest the filming of the movie The Witches of Eastwick?

• Laurie Cabot Official Youtube Channel
• "Laurie Cabot: The Witch of Salem," Real People interview by George Schlatter - Youtube
• "2 Witches Explain the Misconceptions Faced by Their Community" The Opera Winfrey Network, OWN - Youtube
• "New England Legends Extra" - Jeff Belanger Interview with Laurie Cabot (2017) - Youtube
• "Laurie Cabot" by Jenn Ratliff, Salem State University (2022)
• "Laurie Cabot On Turning Witch City Around" by Laura Miller, Enchanted Magazine (2017)
• "Salem's Official Witch, Laurie Cabot, Finds Grave Errors in Eastwick" by Cable Neuhaus, People Magazine (1987)
• "Dukakis makes big move for witch vote in '78" Lynn Daily Item (18 May 1977): 48
• "Salem Witch Sees Strike Settlement" Lynn Daily Item (8 July 1981): 17
• "The Happy Witch of Salem" The Plain Dealer (26 July 1981): 190
• "Strutting at the Witches Ball" Lynn Daily Item (2 Nov 1982): 23
• "Witch Curses Radio Station" Lynn Daily Item (17 Aug 1983): 11
• "Witches Protest Making Film in Bay State" The Day (5 June 1986): 17

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No, victims of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials were not actual witches. But fast forward three centuries and you'll find the city is home to more than 5,000 practicing witches. Only one of them, however, can claim the title "Official Witch of Salem." Her name is Laurie Cabot and she helped create the Witch Mecca you see today. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they delve into the life of this incredible woman - which is ongoing by the way (Laurie is turning 92 this year). When did her abilities begin? How did she end up in Salem? Would you have jumped at the chance to take after-school witchcraft classes at her house in the 1970s?

• https://www.youtube.com/@LaurieCabotOfficial/featured
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY_MvfQwhxo
• https://libguides.salemstate.edu/home/archives/blog/Laurie-Cabot
• https://enchantedlivingmagazine.com/a-salem-legend/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/09/13/a-cauldron-of-controversy/1bd6dd24-602c-4f20-b273-4a9a0acb2cb9/
• 1973. Linton Daily Citizen. June 21: 1
• 1973. "Witches." The Boston Globe. Aug 19: 375.
• 1974. "Come Set A Spell." Tucson Citizen. Oct 31: 1.
• 1976. "3 Bloop Hits." The Day. New London, CT. May 13: 25.

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Happy Holidays everyone!

Last episode we talked about Samuel Wardwell's life leading up to 1692. Now we must move on to his confession and fate. Where did he receive his unholy baptism? Did this man in black really subvert the whole family and lay with his daughter? Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they ponder if Goodman Wardwell really could predict the future. Or maybe he just possessed a good nature and jovial sense of humor.

• https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/tag/wardwell_samuel.html
• https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/lydia-wardell-protest-or-the-naked-quaker/
• Richard Hite, In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692
• Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible World or The Wonders of the Invisible World Displayed in Five Parts
• Emerson Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
• Boyer and Nissenbaum, Salem-Village Witchcraft: A documentary record of local conflict in colonial New England

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On September 22, 1692 the last eight individuals executed for the crime of witchcraft were hanged in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Among them was the only confessed witch (later recanted) and self-proclaimed fortune teller, Samuel Wardwell of Andover. Join Jeffrey and Sarah, your favorite Salem tour guides as they trace the early life of this Puritan raised by Quakers, and how that may have influenced how and why he was accused of being a Witch.

**trigger warning: miscarriages

• https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/tag/wardwell_samuel.html
• https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/lydia-wardell-protest-or-the-naked-quaker/
• Richard Hite, In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692
• Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible World or The Wonders of the Invisible World Displayed in Five Parts
• Emerson Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
• Boyer and Nissenbaum, Salem-Village Witchcraft: A documentary record of local conflict in colonial New England

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