Can it be? The third and final part of our series on the Salem Witch Trials has arrived! You’ll have to excuse the delay, we probably had sleepy sickness. In this episode we talk about the scientific/medical explanations that have been proposed for the events in Salem, and share a little about our own experiences visiting the Witch City! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and more.
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Here are our sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_explanations_of_bewitchment
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17144196
- https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181221-can-an-auto-immune-illness-explain-the-salem-witch-trials
- https://courses.washington.edu/hsteu305/Medical%20witch%20xerox.pdf
- https://patch.com/massachusetts/salem/salem-halloween-2023-record-1-2-million-visitors-invade-witch-city
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bewitched-salem-massachusetts-witches-180957090
- https://www.pem.org/visit/historic-houses/pem-walks/gardner-pingree-house
- https://www.thecollector.com/what-caused-the-salem-witch-trials
- https://www.med.upenn.edu/autoimmuneneurology/nmdar-encephalitis.html
- https://www.childrens.com/specialties-services/conditions/anti-nmda-receptor-antibody-mediated-encephalitis
- https://famous-trials.com/salem/2046-asa-put
- https://www.neurologylive.com/view/encephalitis-lethargica-still-unexplained-sleeping-sickness
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-a-long-ago-epidemic-teaches-us-about-sleep/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=F8vosinYE3s