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Perfect timing – just when we were through eating the trolley was making a loop around again. This time we rode it past the Witch Museum (not to be confused with the Witch Dungeon Museum or the Witch House) where a large statue is positioned in the middle of the street. Our trolley driver told us a funny story about that statue.
Apparently National Geographic did a TV documentary about Salem and described the statue as being a statue of a Salem Witch. Talk about a blooper! The statue is actually the likeness of the man who founded Salem. A very prominent citizen who was the first to arrive in Salem! He was there long before the witch trials! I told Bill we had to go back to the statue for pictures later!
We continued to ride on the trolley until we reached the stop for the famous Witch House. There we got off the trolley and walked to the With House and went into the gift shop. Actually, the only connection with the alleged witches was that the resident and owner of the home was the judge for the witch trials. Those accused or punished for witchcraft never entered the Witch House, nor was anyone who lived or worked in the Witch House ever thought to be a witch. It was just the judge's home who presided over the trials.
The judge “interviewed” the accused – many of whom were just unfortunate enough not to get along with their neighbors so their neighbors reported them as being witches. Others were mentally or physically ill.
After a short talk with the judge, the accused were sent to a doctor who inspected them for warts, birthmarks, or any other marking that he thought might be the mark of the devil. The next stop for these poor unfortunate souls was the dungeon where they waited for trial.
Fourteen women and 5 men were hung for being witches. Five more accused men and women died in the dungeon waiting for trial. Another man was killed when bricks were stacked on his chest until he died although it took a day and a half. Two dogs (they probably had rabies) were thought to be possessed by the devil and were killed. Children reported that the dogs gave them the “evil eye”.
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