0:27 you've been accused of a crime you did
0:29 not commit
0:31 it's impossible to prove your
0:33 innocence if you insist that you're
0:35 innocent anyway you might be found
0:38 guilty and sentenced to
0:40 death but if you confess apologize and
0:44 blame others You'll Go
0:46 free do you give a false confession or
0:49 risk being publicly
0:51 hanged this was the choice faced by
0:53 those accused of Witchcraft in Salem
0:56 Massachusetts between February 1692 and
0:59 May 16
1:00 93 they were victims of fear about the
1:03 supernatural religious fanaticism and a
1:06 justice system that cared more about
1:08 apologies than the
1:10 truth Salem was founded in 1626 by
1:13 Puritans a strict group of English
1:17 Protestants life in Salem was hard and
1:20 isolated there were frequent battles
1:23 with Native American neighbors and
1:24 French
1:25 settlers people feared starvation and
1:28 disease and Rel relations between
1:30 villagers were
1:32 strained in 1692 one of the coldest
1:35 winters on record made things
1:38 worse during that winter two cousins
1:41 99-year-old Betty Paris and 11-year-old
1:43 Abigail Williams started acting very
1:47 strangely a doctor couldn't find
1:49 anything physically wrong with them and
1:51 said that they were under the influence
1:53 of evil
1:54 forces Puritans belied that the devil
1:57 caused trouble in the world through
1:58 human agents or witches who ruined crops
2:02 conjured evil apparitions and tormented
2:06 children as news spread more girls
2:09 started showing similar Strange
2:12 Behaviors reports said 12 Afflicted
2:15 girls twisted their bodies had fits and
2:18 complained about feeling prickles on
2:20 their
2:21 skin soon four of the girls accused
2:24 three local women of attacking them
2:27 these women were Outsiders in some way
2:30 on February 29th the authorities
2:32 arrested Sarah good a poor pregnant
2:35 mother with a young daughter Sarah
2:37 Osborne who had not attended church in a
2:40 long time and tiaba an enslaved woman in
2:43 the Paris
2:44 household Tiba first denied hurting the
2:47 girls but later confessed to practicing
2:50 Witchcraft and blamed good and Osborne
2:53 for forcing her to do it Osborne and
2:56 good both maintained their innocence
3:00 Osborne died in prison while Good's
3:02 husband turned against her in court
3:04 testifying that she was a witch or would
3:07 soon become one Good's 5-year-old
3:10 daughter was also imprisoned and
3:11 testified against her own
3:13 mother meanwhile good gave birth in jail
3:17 her baby died and she was convicted and
3:20 hanged shortly
3:21 after Tiba was held in custody until May
3:24 and then
3:26 released these were just the first
3:28 victims
3:30 as accusations multiplied others like
3:32 Tiba gave false confessions to save
3:36 themselves the authorities even told one
3:38 accused woman that she would be hanged
3:41 if she did not confess but set free if
3:43 she did they were not interested in
3:46 carefully checking the
3:48 accusations the church preferred people
3:50 to confess ask for forgiveness and
3:53 promised to stop practicing
3:56 witchcraft the court accepted all kinds
3:58 of dubious evidence including so-called
4:01 spectral evidence where the girls
4:04 claimed they were being attacked by
4:05 invisible
4:07 ghosts complicating matters further many
4:10 of the jurors in the trials were
4:11 relatives of the accusers which made it
4:14 hard for them to be
4:15 fair those who dared to speak out like
4:18 judge Nathaniel Sultan stall came under
4:22 suspicion by the spring of 1693 over 100
4:26 people had been imprisoned and 14 women
4:29 and six men men had been
4:31 executed by then the accusations were
4:33 spreading to other towns and even
4:35 important people were being
4:37 accused when the wife of the governor of
4:40 Massachusetts was accused he stopped the
4:43 trials prisoners were released sentences
4:46 were changed and no more arrests were
4:49 made some believe the girls may have
4:51 been hallucinating because of a fungus
4:53 or a condition caused by brain
4:55 swelling but no one knows for sure what
4:58 caused their behavior
5:00 what we do know is that adults accepted
5:02 wild claims from children as solid
5:05 evidence today the Salem Witch Trials
5:08 are remembered as a warning of how
5:10 dangerous group think and scapegoating
5:12 can be and how easily fear can
5:14 manipulate people's
5:23 beliefs you've been accused of a crime
5:26 you did not
5:27 commit it's impossible to prove your
5:31 innocence if you insist that you're
5:33 innocent anyway you might be found
5:35 guilty and sentenced to
5:37 death but if you confess apologize and
5:41 blame others You'll Go
5:43 free do you give a false confession or
5:46 risk being publicly
5:48 hanged this was the choice faced by
5:51 those accused of Witchcraft in Salem
5:53 Massachusetts between February 1692 and
5:56 may
5:58 1693 they were VI victims of fear about
6:00 the supernatural religious fanaticism
6:03 and a justice system that cared more
6:05 about apologies than the
6:07 truth Salem was founded in 1626 by
6:11 Puritans a strict group of English
6:14 Protestants life in Salem was hard and
6:18 isolated there were frequent battles
6:20 with Native American neighbors and
6:21 French
6:23 settlers people feared starvation and
6:25 disease and relations between villagers
6:28 were strained
6:30 in 1692 one of the coldest winters on
6:33 record made things
6:35 worse during that winter two cousins
6:38 9-year-old Betty Paris and 11-year-old
6:40 Abigail Williams started acting very
6:44 strangely a doctor couldn't find
6:46 anything physically wrong with them and
6:48 said that they were under the influence
6:50 of evil
6:52 forces Puritans believe that the devil
6:54 caused trouble in the world through
6:56 human agents or witches who ruined crops
7:00 conjured evil apparitions and tormented
7:03 children as news spread more girls
7:06 started showing similar Strange
7:09 Behaviors reports said 12 Afflicted
7:12 girls twisted their bodies had fits and
7:15 complained about feeling prickles on
7:17 their
7:18 skin soon four of the girls accused
7:21 three local women of attacking them
7:24 these women were Outsiders in some way
7:27 on February 29th the authorities
7:30 arrested Sarah good a poor pregnant
7:32 mother with a young daughter Sarah
7:34 Osborne who had not attended church in a
7:37 long time and Tiba an enslaved woman in
7:40 the Paris
7:42 household Tiba first denied hurting the
7:44 girls but later confessed to practicing
7:47 Witchcraft and blamed good and Osborne
7:50 for forcing her to do it Osborne and
7:53 good both maintained their
7:56 innocence Osborne died in prison while
7:59 Good's husband turned against her in
8:01 court testifying that she was a witch or
8:04 would soon become one Good's 5-year-old
8:07 daughter was also imprisoned and
8:09 testified against her own
8:11 mother meanwhile good gave birth in jail
8:14 her baby died and she was convicted and
8:17 hanged shortly
8:18 after Tiba was held in custody until May
8:22 and then
8:23 released these were just the first
8:26 victims as accusations multiplied others
8:29 like Tiba gave false confessions to save
8:33 themselves the authorities even told one
8:36 accused woman that she would be hanged
8:38 if she did not confess but set free if
8:41 she
8:41 did they were not interested in
8:43 carefully checking the
8:46 accusations the church preferred people
8:48 to confess ask for forgiveness and
8:51 promis to stop practicing
8:53 witchcraft the court accepted all kinds
8:55 of dubious evidence including so-called
8:58 spectral evidence where the girls
9:01 claimed they were being attacked by
9:03 invisible
9:04 ghosts complicating matters further many
9:07 of the jurors in the trials were
9:09 relatives of the accusers which made it
9:11 hard for them to be
9:13 fair those who dared to speak out like
9:16 judge Nathaniel sulan stall came under
9:19 suspicion by the spring of
9:21 1693 over 100 people had been imprisoned
9:25 and 14 women and six men had been
9:28 executed by by then the accusations were
9:30 spreading to other towns and even
9:33 important people were being
9:35 accused when the wife of the governor of
9:37 Massachusetts was accused he stopped the
9:40 trials prisoners were released sentences
9:43 were changed and no more arrests were
9:46 made some believe the girls may have
9:48 been hallucinating because of a fungus
9:50 or a condition caused by brain
9:53 swelling but no one knows for sure what
9:55 caused their
9:56 behavior what we do know is that adults
9:59 accepted wild claims from children as
10:01 solid
10:03 evidence today the Salem Witch Trials
10:06 are remembered as a warning of how
10:07 dangerous group think and scapegoating
10:09 can be and how easily fear can
10:12 manipulate people's
10:21 beliefs you've been accused of a crime
10:23 you did not
10:24 commit it's impossible to prove your
10:28 innocence if if you insist that you're
10:30 innocent anyway you might be found
10:32 guilty and sentenced to
10:34 death but if you confess apologize and
10:38 blame others You'll Go
10:40 free do you give a false confession or
10:43 risk being publicly
10:46 hanged this was the choice faced by
10:48 those accused of Witchcraft in Salem
10:50 Massachusetts between February 1692 and
10:53 may
10:55 1693 they were victims of fear about the
10:58 supernatural religious fanaticism and a
11:01 justice system that cared more about
11:03 apologies than the
11:04 truth Salem was founded in 1626 by
11:08 Puritans a strict group of English
11:11 Protestants life in Salem was hard and
11:15 isolated there were frequent battles
11:17 with Native American neighbors and
11:19 French
11:20 settlers people feared starvation and
11:23 disease and relations between villagers
11:25 were
11:26 strained in 1692 one of the coldest
11:30 winters on record made things
11:32 worse during that winter two cousins
11:35 9-year-old Betty Paris and 11-year-old
11:38 Abigail Williams started acting very
11:41 strangely a doctor couldn't find
11:43 anything physically wrong with them and
11:45 said that they were under the influence
11:47 of evil
11:49 forces Puritans believed that the devil
11:51 caused trouble in the world through
11:53 human agents or witches who ruined crops
11:57 conjured evil apparitions and tormented
12:01 children as news spread more girls
12:03 started showing similar Strange
12:06 Behaviors reports said 12 Afflicted
12:09 girls twisted their bodies had fits and
12:12 complained about feeling prickles on
12:14 their
12:15 skin soon four of the girls accused
12:18 three local women of attacking them
12:21 these women were Outsiders in some
12:24 way on February 29th the authorities
12:27 arrested Sarah good a poor pregnant
12:29 mother with a young daughter Sarah
12:31 Osborne who had not attended church in a
12:34 long time and Tiba an enslaved woman in
12:37 the Paris
12:39 household Tiba first denied hurting the
12:41 girls but later confessed to practicing
12:44 Witchcraft and blamed good and Osborne
12:47 for forcing her to do it Osborne and
12:51 good both maintained their
12:53 innocence Osborne died in prison while
12:56 Good's husband turned against her in
12:58 court testifying that she was a witch or
13:01 would soon become one Good's 5-year-old
13:04 daughter was also imprisoned and
13:06 testified against her own
13:08 mother meanwhile good gave birth in jail
13:12 her baby died and she was convicted and
13:14 hanged shortly
13:16 after Tiba was held in custody until May
13:19 and then
13:20 released these were just the first
13:23 victims as accusations multiplied others
13:26 like Tiba gave false confessions to save
13:30 themselves the authorities even told one
13:33 accused woman that she would be hanged
13:35 if she did not confess but set free if
13:38 she
13:38 did they were not interested in
13:41 carefully checking the
13:43 accusations the church preferred people
13:45 to confess ask for forgiveness and
13:48 promise to stop practicing
13:50 witchcraft the court accepted all kinds
13:53 of dubious evidence including so-called
13:56 spectral evidence where the girls
13:58 claimed were being attacked by invisible
14:01 ghosts complicating matters further many
14:04 of the jurors in the trials were
14:06 relatives of the accusers which made it
14:08 hard for them to be
14:10 fair those who dared to speak out like
14:13 judge Nathaniel Sultan stall came under
14:16 suspicion by the spring of 1693 over 100
14:20 people had been imprisoned and 14 women
14:23 and six men had been
14:25 executed by then the accusations were
14:28 spreading to other towns and even
14:30 important people were being
14:32 accused when the wife of the governor of
14:34 Massachusetts was accused he stopped the
14:37 trials prisoners were released sentences
14:40 were changed and no more arrests were
14:43 made some believe the girls may have
14:46 been hallucinating because of a fungus
14:48 or a condition caused by brain
14:50 swelling but no one knows for sure what
14:52 caused their
14:53 behavior what we do know is that adults
14:56 accepted wild claims from children as
14:58 solid
15:00 evidence today the Salem Witch Trials
15:03 are remembered as a warning of how
15:04 dangerous group think and scapegoating
15:06 can be and how easily fear can
15:09 manipulate people's
15:17 beliefs
15:19 accuse
15:21 crime
15:23 commit
15:25 innocent
15:27 guilty confess
15:31 blame
15:33 witchcraft
15:35 witch
15:37 victim
15:39 Puritans
15:41 twist
15:43 fits
15:45 prickles
15:47 Outsiders
15:49 authorities
15:51 hurt
15:53 Court
15:55 testify
15:57 evidence arrest
16:01 prisoners
16:03 fear
16:05 judge trials
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