Mass female hysteria. As an ex teacher, I have actually witnessed this spread rapidly through a large group of young girls.

My 9 times great grandfather was George Jacobs, he was the oldest to be killed in the witch trials, he was hung! so messed up! and so sad 😢

It was heartbreaking reading the women in my family trees confessions. They had to be absolutely petrified

thank you for this great documentary film!

Very interested in this subject, this a great introductory documentary. I want to learn EVERYTHING about the Salem Witch Trials

great, just what we need! yet another Salem Witch Trial music video! VERY ENTERTAINING!

Just think about the children/young people who did this and knew they were faking or even the adults. Accusing someone that you didn't like or felt wronged you. True psychopaths, causing people to be killed.

Nice documentary. I've been researching this for awhile ever since I found out I am a descendent of both Rebecca Nurse and Mary Esty.

not that ladies glasses cracking me up fr

Those glasses are heavy duty

What intrigued me was that a vestige of the original East of England accent has survived in rural New England in some of the words such as the long vowel and silent 'r' in words like 'hard' and 'part'. At first I thought they were Australian, but I assume it is a survival.

How u got a documentary and don't have captions on and I'm tryna take notes on this ship and the words dissappear after I write 3 words can't wait till I get outta school

Great show but what the hell is on that lady's glasses? That's the biggest mystery of all of this.

This is an excellent documentary that helped me understand the reasons behind this horrible story. Thank you.

It just shows how much people were controlled by what they got told from lies even earlier in life.People are so stupid.even to this day we believe what we are told because others tell us.When we now were being lied to us.

me checking the comments hoping to find out why that lady had such big glasses like: 👁👄👁

They would have got me I'm a lone wolf and very quiet

if you like this sort of thing, i recommend the theatre play 'The Crucible'

My 10th great grandmother was Rebecca Nurse. It seems pretty clear after all the research I have done that this was based in a property dispute, at least in the case of my ancestor. "In the 1680s, members of the extended Towne family sued Captain John Putnam (of the second generation) and sons, after they witnessed the Putnams felling timber on Topsfield land belonging to a Towne family member. Historian Marilynne Roach describes the encounter in Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials. 'The Putnam clan and their workmen faced off rival Topsfield men in distant woodlots, threatening each other with their axes in a decidedly un-Christian manner.' The General Court once again ruled in Topsfield’s favor. After England’s revocation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter in 1684, legal disputes were left in limbo, allowing them to fester. A new charter did not arrive in New England until May of 1692, but the witchcraft hysteria had already been underway for two and a half months by that time. Thus, the number of accused and jailed was escalating, among them, the three living daughters of William and Joanna Towne - Rebecca Nurse, Mary Easty, and Sarah Cloyce - and Topsfield’s Sarah Wildes and Elizabeth How. All were accused of witchcraft by, among others, third generation Putnam family members Thomas Putnam Jr., his wife Ann Putnam, and their daughter, 12-year-old Ann Putnam Jr." salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/border-disputes/. Eventually, Ann "recants" saying the devil made her do it.

Omg the lady at the end explaining the little girls pov of the experience 🤯🤯🤯 makes you think

Damn this video looks so much older than 2015. Haha

Anyone else gotta watch this for school 😂😂

The content was spectacular, wish it would be brought up to date. One item of feedback... the sound was terrible!!! I found myself extremely frustrated with the commentators because I could not hear their contributions, I used this doc. for research.

​​​​i think that Abigail and her cousin (the two first kids) where actually sick with something but the rest of the kids and teens just faked the possession/affliction/spasms/problem to get attention or to avoid punishment for misbehavior or to get out of doing chores or schooling.

"Typical witch" *takes notes*

So tragic 😥

I am writing a book about this very topic but I am going all the way back to the B.C. years and talking about this will be a 14 page book

Mass hysteria is really interesting. It can trick the mind into doing all sorts of weird things and believing other weird things, and it's often a subconscious factor that spreads quickly, which was probably why those Salem girls started acting like that - as seen in many cases, even in the present day.

I love how it said witchcraft was believed to be the cause like they didn’t know what caused the hysteria lol.

Those glasses though!

You get the feeling that putting that passage in the bible about not letting witches live was a mistake? Look at all the trouble it caused.

Bruh I had to search this video up cuz I fell asleep when my class watched it n now I gotta listen to consuela from family guy talk for 30 min :/ pay attention in class kids 😪

Anyone have the answers ?

See must see the future with those glasses.

mob mentality is crazy

The 49 dislikes must be witches 😐

Rye Mold, a staple food, is a psychedelic …

Salem..about witch..is there full movie???? What the title is..i mean ..full movie.

Madness!!! :(

I wonder if all those that were hanged was actually buried in their graves.Or if all those that were hanged is still buried where they were hanged in a pit full of people that were hanged. Someone ought to find that out. Because if they're not buried in their graves,they deserve a proper burial.

Heartbreaking. 💔💔💔

Very sad and true....

These girl better get an oscar for their acting! Lol

R.I.P

ignorance and fear. but when that happens the accuser blame people they don't like. low down cowardly revenge.

no

I watched this in my social studies class! 😂

where the hell are the subtitles bro smh

What? You saying?

This is horrible poor people cause they are different just shows what mass hysteria is

In this video I see someone family members or decents

I watched this in reading and English class this week.

Let's start the witch hunt for spiderman and elsa!! Iron and Fire!!!!

4:20 - 1600s here it was 1 who made pact w/devil. (New England historian, authr) 10:06 - afflictd kids said they saw specters of accusd. 19:58 - according 2 what I heard in high school when my class learned about it everyone was executed. But according 2 a documentary if u confessed u were spared. If u didn't u were executd.

So young girls, reverend daughters have some strange episodes of hysteria just at the perfect timing to everyone to see. In my opinion those were just stupid little girls who were brainwashed to the next level or were just being kids and playing. Some kids play doctors, princesses etc but what you expect from a kid who is being indoctrinated inside a sect and is forced to hear about the sin, demons and witches? I totally see those playing witches one day, got caught, things escalated quickly and they did what kids normally do (and more under pressure). Blame another. In their mind they have a predeterminate aspect of a "witch" so obviously they give names of the less fortunate ones. But the whole thing was so stupid, lets pretend that we are a brainwashed sect puritans. If I had to give a name of a woman who made a pact with the devil why on earth I will think about some old, poor lady? Shouldn't this person be someone enjoying from the benefits of a pact? Like a suddenly successful once poor and unfortunate person. Just trying to apply logic in a completely illogical situation... Or here another one. Which for me is the winner. Their dad make them do it. A revered successful on a witch hunt, the savior of the village, protector of the puritans and their puritan faith that was slowly being forgotten. Sounds good right? Create some chaos in benefit of the religion and of course his own.

What the hell is up with that ladies glasses?

Oof so lemme get this right, it’s just ppl tryna stop evil when it comes to the countless defenseless victims but then when it happens to the governors daughter then it’s outta hand and he can veto the accusation yikes. But good documentary tho :)

Who you,Yubba?

that so sad cause they got accuse listen to them girls that is so sad why they died

😤🔥🐾

They sure weren't god fearing God does not condone murder it's kind of like today in these small towns where everybody knows everybody and they spread rumors lies gossip is all they do

Ergot from molded rye from wet marshlands. And baked into bread 🥪 to make them mentally ill

on god why is this such a long video

Those kids should have been published,. They got away with murder literally

Bruh wtf is the cinematography

The english way is always the best way

I'm glad it wasn't boring that timeline or any of the other timelines that's a no thank you and is in a little too late no no kids you can't say this is what happened to this person when all the time these kids act music having a condition on Rebecca nurse and you're going to stay because this guy is higher up the double standard

Goddamn i hated this assignment

who liked this

It's like accusing and executing people for being Elves, Leprechauns, Vampires, Werewolves, Fairies, Santa Clause, and Jack Frost. Witches are as real as those things

Why do both of the historians look like witches tho? Lmao

Homeopathic medicine was considered witchcraft. Sad!!

lol just think, just imagine this Priest: Are you a witch? Have you made a pact with the devil? Accused Witch: Nah bruh I ain't no witch, I'm your bro Satan. ^^^^ I honestly want to see this happen in like a tv series

being antisocial I would have been accused. they would have thought I was a weirdo. which I guess I kinda am

I’ve been to Salem many times and no the history,I’m so completely disappointed that Giles Corey wasn’t mentioned with the way that the man died,shame on you so called historians,so much that y’all didn’t mention.

I have epilepsy does that make me a 🧙🤣🧙

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I would definetly have been killed at that age I can not help to be strange

XD watched this in school

Imagine if social media was around back then. All witch talk would be censored! :D

lol. ya. right.

Almost like mass hysteria.

eat your cereal

Katherine Howe is kinda hot!

lol. zzzz

Most witches were hanged...not burnt. Get your facts right.

don't. care

Yo I was there, it was crazy. I don’t know how I survived