1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 America's history of witch executions started 40 years before the Salem Witch Trials.&amp;nbsp; Its first victim was Connecticut's Alse Young in 1647.&amp;nbsp; Soon, Massachusetts had joined in the practice, as had Bermuda.&amp;nbsp; Devastated Bermuda and legally-dubious Connecticut saw the largest numbers of witch trials in these years, and we examine how that came to be.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Featuring a random elk that bugled outside my window as I was recording.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Rejects &amp; Revolutionaries (American History Podcast) http://www.americanhistorypodcast.net <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/20954276/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/114303242