"With bold heart braving a world’s unrest, With banner waving, and glancing crest Comes the warrior woman out of the west." How was history & folklore drawn on in women's fight for rights? Find out at my Seed talk in York, 26 May url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/o40rCpRJOc...

Magical bird calls in the British landcape. The other evening I had the very rare pleasure of hearing the magical call of one of Britain's rarest birds, the bittern. Strange and enchanting. www.british-birdsongs.uk/great-bitter...

Recorded a lovely interview with @barfridmantell.bsky.social this evening about her novel Honeysuckle, plant lore, Welsh folklore and more. Episode coming in the next month

Across history, witchcraft has been understood in many different ways. 🧙 In this Journal of the British Academy conversation, leading academics explore the cultural history of witchcraft and how its meanings have shifted over time. Read if for free on Open Access 👇 https://bit.ly/4sjcuTv

Are you a researcher looking for funding to cover expenses arising from a defined research project? Apply the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants (supported by DSIT, @leverhulme.ac.uk and @wellcometrust.bsky.social). Learn more: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl

You should follow the 1692 Salem Witch Trials story with us whenever you can! Some days you may laugh, some days you’ll be big mad, but every day is 1692 by the records in a short informative podcast www.youtube.com/@aboutwitchhunts

Today on ‘All Old Strange Things’, I write about how a dream caused me to change my entire research direction and study Lithuanian history open.substack.com/pub/drfranci...

The Salem Witch Trials happened one day at a time and today….Witches Feed Kittens and Susannah Shelden Takes an Unexpected Ride: Salem Witch Trials Daily April 26, 1692 youtu.be/4jqyz-Hk4w4

On 18 June I'll be speaking for Peterborough Cathedral about the destruction and recovery of the Cathedral's library peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/online...

Ergot Theory and Salem Witchcraft 50 years www.youtube.com/@aboutwitchhunts

3 weeks ago my beloved Wesley Cat age 5 dropped dead. 💔 That’s how I came to have this duo Orion & Artemis 💞

When ESPN Covered the Salem Witch Trials Ergot Theory at 50 youtu.be/cZiSSN-g1u8

Happy 50th anniversary Salem Witch Trials Ergot Theory www.youtube.com/@aboutwitchhunts

#shakespeareintheparkinglot #julietandromeo #romeoandjuliet #CO #shakespear

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Watch today’s #SalemWitchTrialsDaily and enjoy a glimpse into tonight’s #AboutSalemWitchTrials episode: #ergottheory on ESPN’s #Stupiracy review Encounters with John Willard and Philip English's Specters: Salem Witch Trials Daily, April 25, 1692 youtu.be/J7wPhfboAAU

The Specter of Salem’s Wealthiest Man Interrupts Church to Pinch a Girl by Crawling Over the Pews | Salem Witch Trials Daily youtu.be/SWb7mRF9niY

Colorado's San Luis Valley is a child care desert. 80% of kids don't have access to licensed early care. The Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Luis Valley is building a huge non-profit child care center. I'll match the next fifty $5 donations here: www.coloradogives.org/story/j5wx6g

Time's Up ⚰️ #Art by mendez mendez

The questions by the judges are just as shocking as the allegations!! Witches Examined in Salem Village | Salem Witch Trials Daily | April 22 and 23, 1692 youtu.be/4oaOjvSr2ZE

We will be at the ALCHEMY OF WORDS literary festival in Worcester on Thursday 4th June, giving a presentation on DARK FOLKLORE. If you are in the area, we'd love to see you there. You can book tickets here: wegottickets.com/f/17377

Calling all high school artists in NM-01! 🎨 Submit your art for the Congressional Art Competition by tomorrow! Submit your paintings, drawings, photographs, & other 2-D art for the opportunity to show your work in our nation's capital for a WHOLE YEAR! Info here: stansbury.house.gov/services/art...

Great to see my piece ‘Who Dwells Within These Trees?’, about sacred trees and fairies as tree spirits, in the latest @helleborezine.bsky.social 🌳

The Salem Witch Trials happened day by day. Things are escalating now! #salemwitchtrialsdaily #salem1692 #marywarrenbarelytouchedthebookday 9 New Witchcraft Suspects & Thomas Putnam's Cryptic Letter: Salem Witch Trials Daily April 21, 1692 youtu.be/3ZFu95jEPjo

Keep your eye peeled

Did you know that in China, apples are a good luck food because the word is similar to "safety", while in Japan it's the KitKat because it sounds like "I'm bound to win"? Hence class snacks for our last Folklore Studies workshop of the semester 😭

In honor of #EarthDay, this Wednesday, April 22, 2026, we're offering 50% off our digital 1-year subscription. Subscribe online with code: EARTH Great for overseas subscriptions and iPad and tablet readers! Excellent gift for history lovers. Offer good thru 5/31/26. simplecirc.com/subscribe/co...

What did the scholars who studied witchcraft most seriously actually believe? And why did their conclusions so often cut against prosecution? Devil, Witchcraft and English Demonology with Prof. Darren Oldridge | The Thing About Witch Hunts youtu.be/tSYU0wXO6w4

This new epi is coming your way tonight #devilhistory #witchcrafthistory #demonologies #demonologyhistory #darrenoldridge #historypodcast

Our nonprofit podcasts offer our expert guest’s books in an online shop. You can feed your brain and support volunteer run podcasting projects while building your library with top authors on the subject of witchcraft & magic…..or buy a new cookbook www.bookshop.org/shop/endwitchhunts

Since this was published I’ve had some lovely emails from Readers, including from a 90 year-old Reader who was one of the first women licensed to the role in 1978 and still wears her father’s blue scarf that she borrowed for the occasion

Here’s me reading from my story ‘Sieidi’!

How did the examinations play out? Salem Witch Trials Judge Coerces Confessions from Teens: The April 19, 1692 Story youtu.be/lgnHQ8XQCOs

April 18, 1692 #salemwitchtrialsdaily #bridgetbishop #salem1692 #OnThisDay Why was Bridget Bishop was an Afterthought when 3 other High Profile Witchcraft Suspects were Arrested? youtu.be/Z-smJW7SFF0

The Persistence of Deadly Belief: The Killing of Hellen Kamutumbe endwitchhunts.org/blog-post/th...

What happened day by day according to the records? #SalemWitchTrials #Salem1692

Would you like to write in support of exoneration for Margaret Jones the woman Boston hanged for witchcraft? The email address for written testimony for H. 5154 is [email protected]. Rep. Michlewitz is the chair of the House Ways and Means committee.

Still Seeking Justice for the Victims of New England's Witch Trials: An Ongoing Legacy youtu.be/KVWIgt3Ew5Y

1 signature away from 3k change.org/witchtrials

efore 2023, only those convicted for witchcraft 1692-93 received a legal exoneration from the state- The Salem Witch Trials- in 2023 those indicted & convicted in CT as witches were legally absolved- Margaret Jones & 7 others were convicted in Boston 1648-88 Help clear them change.org/witchtrials

💊💀 #Art by Shawn Coss

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You’re Invited to a Lecture and Book launch, SUNDAY April 26, 1 – 2 pm At The Kate 300 Main St, Old Saybrook, CT Historian Elizabeth J. Normen, founding publisher of CT Explored, brings the Revolution home to Saybrook and talks about the Hart family. www.thekate.org/event/awakenings-and-revolutions

Happy Friday say the tree and snow and spiders!’

Which accused woman had a previous witch trial on her record? Bridget Bishop and Mary Warren Accused of Witchcraft: Salem Witch Trials Daily April 16, 1692 youtu.be/SCrx2LVAOPs

Today I visited the most haunted cell of the most haunted wing of Shrewsbury Prison - said to have its resident Grey Lady (as any self-respecting public building older than 50 years must have). I'll admit it was particularly cold in that cell 👻

A reminder that I'm speaking at Conway Hall on Sunday 19 April. Book your tickets here: www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

Ghost postcard genre. A favourite from my collection - "It Appears...". 1930s.

Looking forward to chairing the next @folkloresociety.bsky.social online seminar by Helen Frisby on 'Picturing the Dead: Spirit Photography'. Intrigued? Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/picturing-...

We were lucky enough to have Simon Bailes of Dunton Folk pop into our MA Folklore Studies workshop to talk about his work on wassails (that's him in the BBC picture mid-wassail). We're hoping that our own inaugural wassail will make it into his forthcoming book 🤞 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...