Tag: salem
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#MorningMonarchy: September 29, 2016
Harbinger of Baal, after-school Satan and a black moon rising + this day in history w/The Tylenol murders and our song of the day by SURVIVE on your Morning Monarchy for September 29, 2016.
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Cold Weather Linked to Witchcraft Trials
from LiveScience.com: Historical records indicate that, worldwide, witch hunts occur more often during cold periods, possibly because people look for scapegoats to blame for crop failures and general economic hardship. Fitting the pattern, scholars argue that cold weather may have spurred the infamous Salem witch trials in 1692. The theory, first laid out by the…
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‘Salem Witch Trials’ Document Up for Auction
A document from the Salem witch trials is expected to fetch as much as $35,000 when it hits the auction block. The original court indictment of Margaret Scott, a Rowley widow in her 70s and one of the last people hanged during the 1692 hysteria in colonial Massachusetts, is part of a private collection of…
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aclu tackles the ‘occult’ category in internet filtering software
from patheos.com: ACLU announced that it has filed a lawsuit against a library in Salem, Missouri (download the full complaint) for using Internet filtering software that blocks websites pertaining to Wicca and Native American religions. As Ars Technica notes, sites blocked by the library’s software include Wikipedia’s page on Wicca, but not Christian-run pages that…
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Sheen Insults Pagan Community; Faces Angry Warlock’s Curse
The Charlie Sheen circus continues with the latest installment in his drug and porn star-riddled saga – an angry warlock’s curse.