Bewitched, Elizabeth Montgomery, and the Complexity of Queer Identity By: Jonah Hoffmann The sitcom Bewitched still holds a special place in many people’s hearts due to its colorful cast...
Reading the Fire: 17th Century Witchcraft Books That Shaped a Hysteria By Susan Phelps, The Lost Book Project During a recent visit to the Salem Witch Museum, I found myself drawn...
Before 1692: The Trial of Goody Glover The 1688 case of Irish widow Goody Glover likely had a significant impact on the Salem witch trials. Details of...
The Untold Story of Dorothy Good, Salem’s Youngest Accused Witch Perhaps the most devastating story from the Salem witchcraft trials is that of Dorothy Good, the youngest person to be...
Grace Sherwood: The “Witch” of Pungo By: Jonah Hoffmann Those traveling through Virginia Beach, Virginia will likely find themselves driving along one of the town’s most...
LGBTQIA+ Pride The Lavender Scare The anti-communist campaign referred to as the Second Red Scare, but more popularly known as McCarthyism, is...
Magical Creatures, Artifacts, and Folk Belief By: Jonah Hoffmann This blog series focuses on magical creatures, artifacts, and folk belief in various countries during the Middle...
Debunking the “Moldy Bread” Theory Many today are aware of the theory that moldy bread caused the strange behavior that triggered the witchcraft panic in...
Cotton Mather: Villain, Bystander, or Somewhere in Between? Reverend Cotton Mather was an influential Puritan minister in Boston, serving his community for 43 years. Though famously associated with...
Deputy Husbands It was in Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s book Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New...
