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Elie Wiesel’s Salem Witch Trials Memorial Dedication Speech, 1992

July 20, 2017 3:40 pm Published by sperling Comments Off

Elie Wiesel Speech at Salem Tercentenary, 1992 Transcript Mayor Harrington, Mr. Williams and friends, When I was invited to come here and speak to you about the Salem trials, about the witches of Salem, I was wondering why me? It’s not my field. My field is the Bible, philosophy, literature, not history. Surely not this aspect of history but I...

Spectral Evidence

February 15, 2013 2:14 pm Published by sperling Comments Off

Among the more common questions we’re asked is, “What is spectral evidence and what role did it play in the Salem witch trials?” First let’s get a working definition. US Legal.com : http://definitions.uslegal.com/s/spectral-evidence/ “Spectral evidence refers to a witness testimony that the accused person’s spirit or spectral shape appeared to him/her witness in a dream at the time the accused person’s...