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LocationMeuser
Barcode30091000852973
TitleKilling the witches : the horror of Salem, Massachusetts Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard. [sound recording] / Unabridged.
AuthorO'Reilly, Bill, Author
Call NoMCD 974.4 ORE
CollectionAdult Compact Discs
SeriesKilling ; [Book 13]
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MeuserChecked OutMCD 974.4 ORE30091000852973Due on 5/22/2024

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781250902351
International Standard Book Number 1250902355
Personal Name O'Reilly, Bill, Author
Title Statement Killing the witches : the horror of Salem, Massachusetts Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard. [sound recording] /
Varying Form of Title Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
Edition Statement Unabridged.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, NY : Macmillan Audio, [2023]
Physical Description 8 audio discs (10 hours) digital, CD audio 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement Killing ; [Book 13]
Participant or Performer Note Read by Robert Petkoff.
Summary, Etc. O'Reilly revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested under suspicion of being witches, but as the hysteria spread, more than 200 people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, twenty were executed, and others died in jail or their lives were ruined. What really happened in Salem? This audiobook tells the horrifying story of a colonial town's madness, offering the historical context of similar episodes of community mania during that time, and exploring the evidence that emerged in the Salem trials, in contemporary accounts, and in subsequent investigations. The result is a compulsively readable book about good, evil, and how fear can overwhelm fact and reason.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Trials (Witchcraft) - History - 17th century - Massachusetts - Salem
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Witches - Violence against - History - 17th century - Massachusetts - Salem
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Salem (Mass.) History Colonial period, ca 1600-1775
Added Entry, Personal Name Dugard, Martin, Author
Added Entry, Personal Name Petkoff, Robert, Narrator
Location Mary Meuser PL MCD 974.4 ORE 39.99