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Great Examination of Curious Event
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| In the History Channel's "In Search of History: The Salem Witch Trials", the viewer will see a wonderful distillation of a previously footnoted slice of American History: the deaths of 20 people in Salem Village, Massachusetts, in 1692. Using expert commentary by historians such as Carol Karlsen (whose book "The Devil in the Shape of a Woman" is an excellent book on the entire witchcraft phenomena in New England), the trials and individuals involved in this matter are profiled in an understandable way. The only minor quibble is that of all the theories put out on what actually happened -- mostly based on the Puritans' belief in the active participation of both good and bad spiritual forces in everyday life -- no one mentions the theory that some scientists think caused the whole thing: ergot, a mold found in rye. This video is an excellent companion to Arthur Miller's "The Crucible", Robin Cook's "Acceptable Risk", and Matossian's "Poisons of the Past"(which devots space to the ergot theory). I highly recommend this video for its visuals, its narrative, and its encapsulation of this fascinating time in American History. |
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