HistoryExtra podcast cover image

SALEM EPISODE 5: Satanic sabbaths and supernatural sins

HistoryExtra podcast

00:00

Early Modern Witch Hunting Manuals

The meleus meleficarum, the hammer of witches was published in the 14 eighties by a dominican friar. Cramer shads gruesome tales of witches copulating with demonocincubi and even tricking men into believin ther penuses had disappeared. The first witch to be prosecuted in america is a woman called joan wright,. as we know she was prosecuted in the 16 20 so in 16 26, Ichit made people come home without catching any game. And if you were a settler's society that's quite a big disaster.

Play episode from 10:31
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app