Witch Hunt Victim Stories: Wilmot Redd of Marblehead

Witch Hunt

This episode explores the story of Wilmot Redd, one of the nine individuals executed during the Salem Witch Trials in September 1692. Detailing accusations, examinations, and trial proceedings, the episode delves into Redd's life in Marblehead and the allegations against her for bewitching various individuals. Despite conflicting testimonies and a grand jury's mixed decisions, Redd was found guilty and hanged on September 22, 1692. The episode also discusses the historical context of her posthumous exoneration, including the memorials and legal actions leading up to her final exoneration in 2001.

History of Massachusetts Blog, The Witchcraft Trial of Wilmot Redd

Emerson W. Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience

Mary Beth Norton, In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692

Bernard Rosenthal, editor, Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt

Daniel A. Gagnon, A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse

Marilynne K. Roach, The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-By-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege

Emerson W. Baker, The Devil of Great Island: Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England
Stacy Schiff, The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem

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