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This episode discusses the Salem Witch Trials and their implications on theocratic governance in the USA.

Send us Fan Mail The infamous Salem Witch trials are now understood to be a bout of Puritan Mass Hysteria - and some historians argue lead to the end of experimental theocracies in the USA

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Host: Tim Byron

Topics covered

• Salem Witch Trials
• Puritan Mass Hysteria
• experimental theocracies
• history
• religion

Keywords

• Salem Witch Trials
• Puritan
• Mass Hysteria
• theocracy
• history

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Places: USA

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