After a brief pause and several technical difficulties, Maddy and Bridgette are back to discuss the Mesoamerican belief of Nagualism. Join us (and tropical storm Big Debby) as we unpack what we know of Nagualism and the lasting implications of colonialism.

Pardon our technical difficulties! This week Maddy and Bridgette brave Tropical Storm Debby to bring you the story of Hypatia of Alexandria. Plus an announcement about our upcoming episode schedule!

Sources

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Neoplatonism

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hypatia-ancient-alexandrias-great-female-scholar-10942888/

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/paganism/hypatia.html

https://www.sheisanastronomer.org/history/hypatia-of-alexandria

https://www.britannica.com/place/Alexandria-Egypt/History

Join Maddy and Bridgette as they talk about the trial and confessions of Agnes Waterhouse, Elizabeth Frances, and Joan Waterhouse. Featuring a cat named Satan, monarchy drama, and a very special whistle.

Sources

https://www.essexrecordofficeblog.co.uk/the-trial-of-agnes-waterhouse-witchcraft-in-essex-1566/

https://www.essexvoicespast.com/agnes-waterhouse-hatfield-peverels-notorious-witch/

https://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/260chelm.html

Join us as Maddy takes us to Ohio to talk about Leather Lips, an Indigenous leader accused of witchcraft.

Sources for this episode include:

1. ORIGIN AND TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF THE WYANDOTTS, AND SKETCHES OF OTHER INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA TRUE TRADITIONAL STORIES OF TECUMSEH AND HIS LEAGUE, IN THE YEARS 1811 AND 1812. By Peter D. Clarke

2. THE STORIES OF SHATEYORANYAH, WYANDOT CHIEF LEATHERLIPS

3. https://dublinohiohistory.org/history/historical-people/chief-leatherlips/

4. https://dublinohiousa.gov/alpha/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sa%CA%94teyar%C7%ABnyes.pdf

Join Bridgette and Maddy as they discuss the inspiration behind The Blair Witch Project, Moll Dyer!

Sources for this week:

https://thebaynet.com/a-halloween-tale-the-legend-of-moll-dyer-html/

https://www.fabledcollective.com/moll-dyer/

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=187333

https://www.visitleonardtownmd.com/molldyerday

We're back again! Join Maddy and Bridgette as we discuss one of the oldest recorded witch trials and the execution of Theoris of Lemnos!

Sources for this week:

1. Collins, Derek. “The Trial of Theoris of Lemnos: A 4th Century Witch or Folk Healer?” Western Folklore, vol. 59, no. 3/4, 2000, pp. 251–78. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1500236. Accessed 7 July 2024.

2. https://www.hellenic.org.au/post/the-allure-of-curses-and-magic-in-ancient-greece

3. https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2022/november/modern-witchcraft-christensen.html

On this week's episode, Bridgette tells Maddy the story of Britain's Nostradamus, Mother Shipton!

Sources:

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Mother-Shipton-Prophesies/

https://www.mothershipton.co.uk/the-story/

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-life-and-prophecies-of-mother-shipton

We're back, Witches! This week, Maddy and Bridgette return from their hiatus to bring you the fascinating story of Scottish witch, Isobel Gowdie.

Sources below!

Wilby, Emma (2010), The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft and Dark Shamanism in Seventeenth-Century Scotland,

Levack, Brian P. (2008), Witch-hunting in Scotland: law, politics and religion, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-39943-2

Goodare, Julian (2013), Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters, Palgrave Macmillan,