# Rebecca Nurse

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Rebecca Nurse: "Innocent as the Child Unborn"

In June 1692, a Salem jury found 71-year-old Rebecca Nurse not guilty of witchcraft. The court refused to accept it, and three weeks later she was hanged. In the second of three Salem episodes, host Xtina Rose follows the respected church grandmother who proved that no one in Salem Village was safe…

The Salem Witch By Historian and Author Daniel Gagnon

She was 71 years old. A grandmother. A respected woman in her community. And Salem decided she was a witch.Tonight on The Francesca Luca Show, I’m joined by historian and author Daniel A. Gagnon, whose fascinating book, A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse, uncovers…

The Salem Witch Trials: When a Town Hanged Its Own

It started with two little girls twitching and screaming in a cold New England parlour. Within a year, it had become a panic that hanged twenty innocent people and made the name of a single Massachusetts village a byword for hysteria and injustice forever: Salem. This episode follows sixteen ninety…

The Salem Witch Trials: The Devil didn't come to Salem. He was already there. Part 1 of 2

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692: Witch Hunts, Executions, and Salem's Haunted History In 1692, the devil supposedly came to Salem, Massachusetts. But the real evil wasn't supernatural. It was the fear, suspicion, and religious hysteria that turned ordinary neighbors into accused witches—and sent 20 …

Episode 25 - Rebecca Nurse

“She’s a witch!!!” Nope—just a loving mother and devout woman of faith, so seemingly virtuous she might as well have been a saint destined for heaven. Rebecca Nurse is remembered as one of the victims of the infamous 1692 Salem Witch Trials. But her story doesn’t end with her accusation and execut…

HAUNTED HALLOWEEN! The Village That Invited The Devil

THE DEVIL WITHIN HAUNTED HALLOWEEN The Village That Invited the Devil Salem, Massachusetts — 1692 In the winter of 1692, the Devil arrived in Salem Village. Or so the good Christian people of Massachusetts were led to believe. It began with two young girls suffering mysterious fits, terrifyin…

The Real Sanderson Sisters of Salem

Everyone knows the Sanderson sisters from Hocus Pocus, but could their story have a connection to three real sisters from Salem's dark past? Rebecca Nurse, Mary Eastey, and Sarah Cloyce were caught in the deadly witch trials of 1692, where accusations of witchcraft tore their family apart. Discover…

The Salem Witch Trials: The Devil didn't come to Salem. He was already there. Part 2 of 2

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692: Witch Hunts, Executions, and Salem's Haunted History Part 2 In 1692, the devil supposedly came to Salem, Massachusetts. But the real evil wasn't supernatural. It was the fear, suspicion, and religious hysteria that turned ordinary neighbors into accused witches—and s…

112: The Salem Witch Trials | 31 Night of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories

Snow on the fields in Salem Village, Massachusetts. It’s January 1692, and 2 young girls in the village minister’s house begin having unexplained fits. Within months, more than 200 people are accused of witchcraft. 19 are hanged. One is pressed to death under heavy stones.Tonight we follow the Sa…

28. Witches (Part Two)

Our great, GREAT grandmother was a witch who was hung in Salem, Massachusetts. Rebecca Nurse. She had nine children, and many grandchildren, and she was in her 70's when it happened. She was a good woman and a part of the church... and her family was healthy. (Which was rare.) We talk about what we…