1 00:00:02,370 --> 00:00:08,540 ♪♪ 2 00:00:08,642 --> 00:00:10,776 [ indistinct shouting ] 3 00:00:10,878 --> 00:00:15,014 Narrator: Imagine a village consumed by a witch hunt. 4 00:00:15,116 --> 00:00:19,618 The things that the people of salem endured in 1692 5 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,221 Were totally horrific. 6 00:00:22,323 --> 00:00:26,125 If you live in a society that believes in witchcraft, 7 00:00:26,227 --> 00:00:29,361 That believes that witchcraft and bewitchment are real, 8 00:00:29,463 --> 00:00:30,429 Then it is. 9 00:00:30,531 --> 00:00:32,164 -Kill her! -Kill the witch! 10 00:00:32,266 --> 00:00:34,433 Narrator: Imagine the terror of knowing the sentence 11 00:00:34,535 --> 00:00:36,568 For witchcraft is death. 12 00:00:36,670 --> 00:00:38,704 Woman: I'm not a witch. I am innocent. 13 00:00:38,806 --> 00:00:42,908 Howe: A whole community who are educated and thoughtful 14 00:00:43,010 --> 00:00:47,146 Believe themselves to be doing the absolute right thing. 15 00:00:47,248 --> 00:00:48,947 We offer this witch for your judgment, 16 00:00:49,050 --> 00:00:51,316 Brock: People who were not fundamentally bad 17 00:00:51,419 --> 00:00:53,018 Thought that this was their duty. 18 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:54,753 I'm not a witch. No, no. 19 00:00:54,855 --> 00:00:56,455 That makes it all the more horrific. 20 00:00:56,557 --> 00:00:58,223 Man: To keep us, your humble servants, 21 00:00:58,325 --> 00:01:00,926 The devil from our midst. 22 00:01:01,028 --> 00:01:02,561 [ gasping ] 23 00:01:02,663 --> 00:01:05,831 [ rope creaking ] 24 00:01:05,933 --> 00:01:07,866 Narrator: The witch hunt is on. 25 00:01:07,968 --> 00:01:17,309 ♪♪ 26 00:01:17,411 --> 00:01:26,752 ♪♪ 27 00:01:26,854 --> 00:01:36,195 ♪♪ 28 00:01:36,297 --> 00:01:39,531 It's a brutally cold night in January. 29 00:01:39,633 --> 00:01:41,233 Abigail williams and betty parris 30 00:01:41,335 --> 00:01:43,335 Are trying to find imaginative ways 31 00:01:43,437 --> 00:01:45,104 To pass the time. 32 00:01:45,206 --> 00:01:49,241 As it gets later, they decide to try to predict their futures 33 00:01:49,343 --> 00:01:53,245 With something called a venus glass. 34 00:01:53,347 --> 00:01:55,914 They were trying to see who would be their future husbands 35 00:01:56,016 --> 00:01:57,916 Who they might marry someday. 36 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:02,254 Narrator: Though they know that any kind of fortune-telling 37 00:02:02,356 --> 00:02:05,991 Is off-limits, the two young girls can't resist consulting 38 00:02:06,093 --> 00:02:08,460 The cup to see if the shape of the egg white 39 00:02:08,562 --> 00:02:12,164 Will reveal important clues about their future husbands. 40 00:02:12,266 --> 00:02:14,266 Look, can you see? 41 00:02:14,368 --> 00:02:17,369 Supposedly the egg white coalesced in the bottom 42 00:02:17,471 --> 00:02:20,239 Of the glass in the shape of a coffin. 43 00:02:20,341 --> 00:02:24,910 ♪♪ 44 00:02:25,012 --> 00:02:27,579 Does that mean the man you marry will die? 45 00:02:27,681 --> 00:02:30,582 ♪♪ 46 00:02:30,684 --> 00:02:34,620 Narrator: The girls are horrified by the disturbing results. 47 00:02:34,722 --> 00:02:37,789 ♪♪ 48 00:02:37,892 --> 00:02:40,392 In an environment where they had been taught that 49 00:02:40,494 --> 00:02:44,363 Dabbling in any kind of magic, any kind of occult activities, 50 00:02:44,465 --> 00:02:46,732 No matter how seemingly harmless 51 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:49,701 Were really a way of allowing the devil 52 00:02:49,803 --> 00:02:51,837 To enter into your soul. 53 00:02:51,939 --> 00:02:53,972 They would've been terrified by this. 54 00:02:54,074 --> 00:02:55,541 Aronson: You've done something forbidden, 55 00:02:55,643 --> 00:02:57,643 And then something weird happened. 56 00:02:57,745 --> 00:02:59,878 And so you really feel like, "what have I dabbled in, 57 00:02:59,980 --> 00:03:01,847 What door have I opened?" 58 00:03:01,949 --> 00:03:05,150 [ whimpers ] 59 00:03:05,252 --> 00:03:07,920 Narrator: They have heard stories of demonic possession, 60 00:03:08,022 --> 00:03:11,323 But now abigail and betty are terrified. 61 00:03:13,894 --> 00:03:16,628 Have they just sold their souls to the devil? 62 00:03:16,730 --> 00:03:26,605 ♪♪ 63 00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:32,511 So here we are in salem, massachusetts, in 1692. 64 00:03:35,015 --> 00:03:38,417 Salem in 1692 is actually two different places. 65 00:03:38,519 --> 00:03:42,521 Salem town, which is on the water, which is a port city, 66 00:03:42,623 --> 00:03:46,558 And salem village, which is modern day danvers. 67 00:03:46,660 --> 00:03:49,795 ♪♪ 68 00:03:49,897 --> 00:03:52,998 Salem village was more remote it was more outlying. 69 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:55,834 They are surrounded on all sides by wilderness. 70 00:03:55,936 --> 00:03:58,637 A wilderness that is already peopled. 71 00:03:58,739 --> 00:04:01,506 And peopled by people who the puritans would have considered 72 00:04:01,642 --> 00:04:04,676 To be devilish. 73 00:04:04,778 --> 00:04:08,747 Hill: It was practically a war zone. 74 00:04:08,849 --> 00:04:11,850 There'd be places not that far off 75 00:04:11,952 --> 00:04:15,387 That had been attacked. By native americans. 76 00:04:15,489 --> 00:04:20,559 Coy: The puritans in salem village thought of native americans 77 00:04:20,661 --> 00:04:23,061 As agents of the devil. 78 00:04:23,163 --> 00:04:25,964 Howe: So there is a sort of existential dread 79 00:04:26,066 --> 00:04:29,635 Attached to living on a frontier 80 00:04:29,737 --> 00:04:32,804 That is at the edge of that which is unknown. 81 00:04:32,906 --> 00:04:35,474 Many people came there with the idea 82 00:04:35,576 --> 00:04:38,744 Of creating a perfect community. 83 00:04:38,846 --> 00:04:40,912 Coy: They saw themselves as a new jerusalem, 84 00:04:41,015 --> 00:04:44,583 As bringing the word of god into the wilderness, into a land 85 00:04:44,685 --> 00:04:47,486 That they thought was really the dominion of the devil. 86 00:04:47,588 --> 00:04:51,523 The puritans were hoping to build an ideal utopian 87 00:04:51,625 --> 00:04:53,892 Community, a city on the hill. 88 00:04:53,994 --> 00:04:56,862 This was to be a new eden. 89 00:04:56,964 --> 00:05:01,433 What we find in the bible as literal truth for the puritans 90 00:05:01,535 --> 00:05:03,168 Are a belief in witches 91 00:05:03,270 --> 00:05:07,572 And also a belief in the ending of days -- the apocalypse. 92 00:05:07,675 --> 00:05:10,842 The second coming. 93 00:05:10,944 --> 00:05:15,147 Little: The puritans are convinced of their religious righteousness, 94 00:05:15,249 --> 00:05:17,516 All who disagree with them are damned. 95 00:05:17,618 --> 00:05:22,054 It has a lot of connections to a cult-like community. 96 00:05:22,156 --> 00:05:26,658 Howe: Sunday was the day of rest after a very hard working week 97 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:31,063 And the rest consisted of eight hours of going to a meeting. 98 00:05:31,165 --> 00:05:32,864 I must warn you all, 99 00:05:32,966 --> 00:05:35,734 The devil's hostility towards this church... 100 00:05:35,869 --> 00:05:38,070 Hill: They would divide it up, men on one side, 101 00:05:38,172 --> 00:05:42,007 Women on the other, and the children and servants 102 00:05:42,109 --> 00:05:44,376 And slaves slightly set back. 103 00:05:44,478 --> 00:05:46,311 ...Cleansed and sworn into god's kingdom. 104 00:05:46,413 --> 00:05:49,881 Hill: It would be very, very cold, it was completely unheated, 105 00:05:49,983 --> 00:05:53,418 But they were expected to behave themselves in church. 106 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:57,589 They were expected to listen to the sermon. 107 00:05:57,691 --> 00:05:59,658 Narrator: To ensure people paid attention, 108 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,562 A member of the congregation known as the tithing man 109 00:06:03,664 --> 00:06:06,398 Would poke people with a stick. 110 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:10,335 And presiding over the service was salem village's minister, 111 00:06:10,437 --> 00:06:13,138 Samuel parris. 112 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:17,142 Who the minister was was of paramount importance. 113 00:06:17,244 --> 00:06:20,979 They'd had a series of ministers who hadn't gone over 114 00:06:21,081 --> 00:06:24,149 Particularly well with the congregation at salem village 115 00:06:24,251 --> 00:06:27,352 And in 1689, the newest minister, 116 00:06:27,454 --> 00:06:29,020 Samuel parris, arrived. 117 00:06:29,123 --> 00:06:31,656 And it is imperative that we keep our town. 118 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:33,925 Howe: He was not initially called to the church. 119 00:06:34,027 --> 00:06:36,595 He had a sort of mixed and varied career, 120 00:06:36,697 --> 00:06:40,265 Including running a plantation into the ground in barbados, 121 00:06:40,367 --> 00:06:44,069 Coming to boston and making a hash of being a businessman, 122 00:06:44,171 --> 00:06:47,472 And then coming to salem village where he immediately 123 00:06:47,574 --> 00:06:49,408 Made himself disagreeable with the villagers. 124 00:06:49,510 --> 00:06:52,911 And I remind you all only through grace 125 00:06:53,013 --> 00:06:54,946 Can one enter god's kingdom. 126 00:06:55,048 --> 00:06:57,849 Brock: There was a faction in salem village, 127 00:06:57,951 --> 00:07:01,286 Particularly the putnams, who really liked samuel parris, 128 00:07:01,388 --> 00:07:04,856 Who thought he was the right man for the job. 129 00:07:04,958 --> 00:07:07,058 Other important people in salem village 130 00:07:07,161 --> 00:07:09,761 Didn't see him as a uniter of the town, 131 00:07:09,863 --> 00:07:11,663 But rather someone who would divide. 132 00:07:11,765 --> 00:07:14,633 ♪♪ 133 00:07:14,735 --> 00:07:17,536 Parris: There's sinfulness everywhere in this village. 134 00:07:17,638 --> 00:07:19,538 Narrator: Samuel parris lives in the church's 135 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,340 Two-bedroom residence, which he shares with his wife, 136 00:07:22,443 --> 00:07:23,975 Elizabeth, and the two girls 137 00:07:24,077 --> 00:07:25,944 Who had dabbled in fortune-telling, 138 00:07:26,046 --> 00:07:28,113 His niece and maid, abigail williams, 139 00:07:28,215 --> 00:07:30,782 And his daughter, betty. 140 00:07:30,884 --> 00:07:33,852 Howe: After eight hours of listening to sermonizing, 141 00:07:33,954 --> 00:07:36,054 Then it was time to go home 142 00:07:36,156 --> 00:07:38,123 And read the bible together as a family. 143 00:07:38,225 --> 00:07:42,294 So it was a really full day. 144 00:07:42,396 --> 00:07:45,664 Christ sits at god's right hand and intercedes 145 00:07:45,766 --> 00:07:47,933 For sinful humanity. 146 00:07:48,035 --> 00:07:50,569 Brock: Samuel parris's household would not have been 147 00:07:50,671 --> 00:07:55,373 One of a lot of light and a lot of joy. 148 00:07:55,476 --> 00:07:57,876 They would have spent hours poring over scripture 149 00:07:57,978 --> 00:07:59,377 By the fireside. 150 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,848 You can imagine these girls listening to samuel parris 151 00:08:02,950 --> 00:08:05,750 Practice his hellfire and brimstone sermons. 152 00:08:05,853 --> 00:08:09,788 There was a lot of emphasis on the idea 153 00:08:09,890 --> 00:08:11,389 That women in particular 154 00:08:11,492 --> 00:08:14,092 Were susceptible to the wiles of satan. 155 00:08:14,194 --> 00:08:19,130 For the lord, your god, here it is...For you. 156 00:08:19,233 --> 00:08:22,667 [ betty groaning ] 157 00:08:22,769 --> 00:08:24,135 Betty? 158 00:08:24,238 --> 00:08:26,471 [ groaning ] 159 00:08:26,573 --> 00:08:29,908 What's the matter? 160 00:08:30,010 --> 00:08:31,376 See to her, will you? 161 00:08:31,478 --> 00:08:34,312 Narrator: Parris asks his enslaved servant, 162 00:08:34,414 --> 00:08:37,516 Tituba, to help betty. 163 00:08:37,618 --> 00:08:43,388 Aronson: Betty began exhibiting strange symptoms. 164 00:08:43,490 --> 00:08:48,560 Hill: The first symptoms were of crawling under chairs 165 00:08:48,662 --> 00:08:51,763 And talking in a disconnected way, 166 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:54,199 And nobody being able to figure out why. 167 00:08:54,301 --> 00:09:03,041 ♪♪ 168 00:09:03,143 --> 00:09:07,879 [ wind howling ] 169 00:09:07,981 --> 00:09:09,948 I met with the village committee today 170 00:09:10,050 --> 00:09:11,383 On not receiving my firewood. 171 00:09:11,485 --> 00:09:14,052 Little: I think betty parris and abigail williams 172 00:09:14,154 --> 00:09:18,156 Were undoubtedly aware of the social tensions 173 00:09:18,258 --> 00:09:22,060 That were swirling in salem at the time. 174 00:09:22,162 --> 00:09:24,029 One can imagine the conversations 175 00:09:24,131 --> 00:09:25,430 Around the dinner table 176 00:09:25,532 --> 00:09:28,533 That may have fed into their fears 177 00:09:28,635 --> 00:09:30,769 That were manifested in their own affliction. 178 00:09:33,006 --> 00:09:34,973 Narrator: What terrible sickness has been unleashed 179 00:09:35,075 --> 00:09:37,008 In the minister's household? 180 00:09:37,110 --> 00:09:39,177 Once samuel parris's daughter, betty, 181 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:42,614 Began to exhibit the symptoms of these violent fits, 182 00:09:42,716 --> 00:09:45,750 It soon spread to another member of the parris household, 183 00:09:45,852 --> 00:09:47,319 Abigail williams. 184 00:09:47,421 --> 00:09:56,461 ♪♪ 185 00:09:56,563 --> 00:09:58,763 Betty. Betty. 186 00:09:58,865 --> 00:10:01,533 I think the attention that the girls were able 187 00:10:01,635 --> 00:10:06,371 To receive and channel was probably intoxicating. 188 00:10:06,473 --> 00:10:08,306 Narrator: The madness is about to engulf salem 189 00:10:08,408 --> 00:10:10,942 In a wave of paranoia and terror. 190 00:10:20,187 --> 00:10:24,589 ♪♪ 191 00:10:24,691 --> 00:10:26,391 Narrator: Two girls in salem village, 192 00:10:26,493 --> 00:10:28,593 Abigail williams and betty parris, 193 00:10:28,695 --> 00:10:31,663 Have started to suffer violent unexplained fits 194 00:10:31,765 --> 00:10:34,799 After secretly experimenting with fortune-telling. 195 00:10:37,237 --> 00:10:40,372 The town's minister, samuel parris, is desperate 196 00:10:40,474 --> 00:10:42,374 To understand the cause of their illness. 197 00:10:42,476 --> 00:10:43,775 Is that sore? 198 00:10:43,877 --> 00:10:47,846 ♪♪ 199 00:10:47,948 --> 00:10:49,948 Coy: Parris called upon william griggs, 200 00:10:50,050 --> 00:10:53,218 The local physician, to come and try to diagnose 201 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,121 Whether there was an underlying physical cause. 202 00:10:56,223 --> 00:10:58,890 Does that hurt at all? 203 00:10:58,992 --> 00:11:01,192 Unsurprisingly, the doctor can't find anything 204 00:11:01,294 --> 00:11:04,729 Physically wrong with betty or with abigail. 205 00:11:04,831 --> 00:11:07,732 Narrator: Instead of diagnosing a physical cause, the doctor 206 00:11:07,834 --> 00:11:11,302 Suggests something far more disturbing. 207 00:11:11,405 --> 00:11:14,439 I'm sorry, but I think she's under the influence 208 00:11:14,541 --> 00:11:17,208 Of an evil hand. 209 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:19,144 Meaning that he suspected bewitchment. 210 00:11:19,246 --> 00:11:23,581 [ whispering indistinctly ] 211 00:11:23,684 --> 00:11:27,686 Samuel parris's initial reaction was to be patient 212 00:11:27,788 --> 00:11:29,821 In the face of god's punishments 213 00:11:29,923 --> 00:11:33,458 And in the face of adversity, and rather to pray for guidance. 214 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:36,528 Please deliver us from the evil forces that have... 215 00:11:36,630 --> 00:11:39,364 The belief in witchcraft was sanctioned by 216 00:11:39,466 --> 00:11:41,266 The greatest minds of the age, 217 00:11:41,368 --> 00:11:43,968 Educated scholars from cambridge and harvard 218 00:11:44,071 --> 00:11:49,174 And the greatest universities taught that witchcraft was real. 219 00:11:49,276 --> 00:11:54,279 Howe: When his daughter and servant abigail fell ill, samuel parris 220 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:55,847 Would have rightly looked at himself 221 00:11:55,949 --> 00:11:58,216 And wondered if this was some kind of mark 222 00:11:58,318 --> 00:12:00,585 Against the state of his own soul. 223 00:12:00,687 --> 00:12:04,522 ♪♪ 224 00:12:04,624 --> 00:12:07,692 The girls' conditions are getting worse, 225 00:12:07,794 --> 00:12:10,195 The fits more extreme. 226 00:12:10,297 --> 00:12:12,964 Narrator: Around this time, samuel parris is visited 227 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:15,333 By a local landowner, thomas putnam, 228 00:12:15,435 --> 00:12:17,669 Who brings with him his daughter, ann jr., 229 00:12:17,771 --> 00:12:21,806 And servant, mercy lewis. 230 00:12:21,908 --> 00:12:24,275 Parris reveals the terrifying nightmare 231 00:12:24,377 --> 00:12:28,012 That his family is enduring. 232 00:12:28,115 --> 00:12:31,950 Samuel parris and his wife tried all the herbal remedies 233 00:12:32,052 --> 00:12:34,953 They knew about, but nothing made any difference. 234 00:12:35,055 --> 00:12:37,856 The community knows it's in your house. 235 00:12:37,958 --> 00:12:39,491 Coy: Nothing happened by coincidence. 236 00:12:39,593 --> 00:12:43,561 If your child was having fits or was ill, 237 00:12:43,663 --> 00:12:47,465 You sought the reason for that, and that reason was rooted 238 00:12:47,567 --> 00:12:49,834 In relationships within the community. 239 00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:53,171 Who is it that wishes me and my family harm 240 00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:55,540 And is the sort of person who would turn to the devil? 241 00:12:55,642 --> 00:12:56,875 [ knock on door ] 242 00:12:56,977 --> 00:12:58,376 Excuse me. 243 00:12:58,478 --> 00:13:02,113 In the midst of all of this uncertainty and anxieties, 244 00:13:02,215 --> 00:13:06,417 A local beggar woman, sarah good, shows up begging for food. 245 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:12,957 I'm very, very sorry to have knocked on your door, 246 00:13:13,059 --> 00:13:18,163 But I find myself in a very difficult time 247 00:13:18,265 --> 00:13:22,033 With no food or clothing for my daughter. 248 00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:24,803 You haven't been seen in church in many months. 249 00:13:24,905 --> 00:13:27,372 She says she hasn't gone for want of clothes. 250 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:29,841 Howe: What that means is not "I didn't have something cute to wear." 251 00:13:29,943 --> 00:13:31,910 It means that she's in rags. 252 00:13:32,012 --> 00:13:34,179 I cannot pay for it. 253 00:13:34,281 --> 00:13:37,282 So she is supported by depending on 254 00:13:37,384 --> 00:13:38,750 The kindness of her neighbors, 255 00:13:38,852 --> 00:13:40,518 Which, of course, in this time period, 256 00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:42,587 Most people don't have much extra to go around. 257 00:13:42,689 --> 00:13:44,255 Okay, dorothy, let's go. 258 00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:47,091 Coy: She went away muttering under her breath. 259 00:13:47,194 --> 00:13:51,162 For the people of salem who believed in witchcraft, 260 00:13:51,264 --> 00:13:53,731 They would have seen this as potentially a curse 261 00:13:53,834 --> 00:13:55,900 That she was muttering. 262 00:13:56,002 --> 00:13:57,902 [ screams ] 263 00:13:58,004 --> 00:14:00,672 Abby! 264 00:14:00,774 --> 00:14:02,307 In the aftermath of her visit, 265 00:14:02,409 --> 00:14:05,543 The violent fits they're going through intensify and worsen. 266 00:14:05,645 --> 00:14:09,013 My head, it hurts! 267 00:14:09,115 --> 00:14:13,418 ♪♪ 268 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,086 [ thunder rumbles ] 269 00:14:15,188 --> 00:14:20,124 ♪♪ 270 00:14:20,227 --> 00:14:23,628 Initially, samuel parris tried to keep the incidents 271 00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:27,632 That were going on in his home quiet. 272 00:14:27,734 --> 00:14:29,000 But rumors eventually spread 273 00:14:29,102 --> 00:14:31,135 Through the tight-knit community. 274 00:14:31,238 --> 00:14:35,707 ♪♪ 275 00:14:35,809 --> 00:14:38,576 Brock: Salem village had about 600 inhabitants. 276 00:14:38,678 --> 00:14:40,545 Close quarters. 277 00:14:40,647 --> 00:14:43,281 Everyone is seeing each other at the tavern, 278 00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:48,686 At the church meeting house, in the shops, in the streets. 279 00:14:48,788 --> 00:14:52,624 So when abigail and betty start to manifest their symptoms 280 00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:57,829 Of affliction, the word travels very, very quickly. 281 00:14:57,931 --> 00:15:03,234 In my opinion, we have to find out who's hurting the children. 282 00:15:03,336 --> 00:15:07,505 Coy: Mary sibley, in an attempt to help, approached tituba, 283 00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:11,976 The enslaved woman that parris had brought from barbados 284 00:15:12,078 --> 00:15:14,612 When he came to salem village. 285 00:15:14,714 --> 00:15:17,949 Narrator: Mary sibley suggests using a type of folk magic 286 00:15:18,051 --> 00:15:21,653 She believes will protect the children from witchcraft. 287 00:15:21,755 --> 00:15:24,188 Coy: Despite the fact that she was a devout woman 288 00:15:24,291 --> 00:15:25,890 And a puritan, 289 00:15:25,992 --> 00:15:27,392 She was also someone 290 00:15:27,494 --> 00:15:30,094 Who dabbled in these kind of occult activities. 291 00:15:30,196 --> 00:15:31,696 This was quite common. 292 00:15:31,798 --> 00:15:34,799 People in England often practiced these kind of 293 00:15:34,901 --> 00:15:38,169 Folk magic, things like forms of divination, 294 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:40,238 Healing spells and charms, 295 00:15:40,340 --> 00:15:42,674 And all of these kind of folk beliefs 296 00:15:42,776 --> 00:15:45,743 Came to the new world with these colonists 297 00:15:45,845 --> 00:15:49,347 And rooted themselves in these puritan communities. 298 00:15:49,449 --> 00:15:53,418 Callow: There's a very fine line between what is folk magic 299 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:56,554 And harmful magic, the kind of harmful magic 300 00:15:56,656 --> 00:15:58,690 That comes directly from the devil. 301 00:15:58,792 --> 00:16:03,027 ♪♪ 302 00:16:03,129 --> 00:16:04,896 This is at the crux of the problem 303 00:16:04,998 --> 00:16:06,431 Of the young women in salem. 304 00:16:06,533 --> 00:16:09,133 ♪♪ 305 00:16:09,235 --> 00:16:11,502 Narrator: Folk magic practices were a common way 306 00:16:11,604 --> 00:16:15,073 To try and protect yourself from the evils of witchcraft. 307 00:16:15,175 --> 00:16:16,641 But there was always a question 308 00:16:16,743 --> 00:16:18,977 As to what would be considered acceptable 309 00:16:19,079 --> 00:16:22,380 And what would be seen as demonic. 310 00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:24,148 Because of this, tituba waits 311 00:16:24,250 --> 00:16:26,117 Until the parrises are out of sight 312 00:16:26,219 --> 00:16:29,487 Before attempting the remedy recommended by mary sibley, 313 00:16:29,589 --> 00:16:32,890 A form of counter magic known as a witch cake. 314 00:16:34,828 --> 00:16:35,927 What are you doing? 315 00:16:36,029 --> 00:16:38,997 I'm making a very special cake 316 00:16:39,099 --> 00:16:42,033 That's gonna make the both of you feel better. 317 00:16:42,135 --> 00:16:47,005 A witch cake was a traditional english remedy for witchcraft. 318 00:16:47,107 --> 00:16:50,208 Howe: To make a witch cake you take some rye meal, 319 00:16:50,310 --> 00:16:52,910 You collect urine from the afflicted girls, 320 00:16:53,013 --> 00:16:55,947 Mix it together into like a paste, 321 00:16:56,049 --> 00:17:00,251 Bake it into a biscuit, and then feed the biscuit to the dog. 322 00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:02,053 Once we bake this, 323 00:17:02,155 --> 00:17:04,322 It will tell us everything that we need to know. 324 00:17:04,424 --> 00:17:07,392 There are two ways that they thought 325 00:17:07,494 --> 00:17:10,561 That this might free the girls from bewitchment, 326 00:17:10,663 --> 00:17:13,398 One thought was that perhaps it would cause the bewitchment 327 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:15,133 To travel out of the bodies of the girls 328 00:17:15,235 --> 00:17:17,602 And into the body of the dog. 329 00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:21,105 Another way it might work was it was believed 330 00:17:21,207 --> 00:17:24,142 That the act of bewitching someone 331 00:17:24,244 --> 00:17:27,045 Created a kind of correspondence relationship 332 00:17:27,147 --> 00:17:29,747 Between the witcher and the witchee. 333 00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:33,518 So the munching up of the cake by the dog would cause 334 00:17:33,620 --> 00:17:36,254 The witch's body to feel munched up 335 00:17:36,356 --> 00:17:38,256 And she would then release the children. 336 00:17:38,358 --> 00:17:40,191 Let's bake this. 337 00:17:40,293 --> 00:17:43,061 ♪♪ 338 00:17:43,163 --> 00:17:44,695 Parris: What have you done?! 339 00:17:44,798 --> 00:17:45,797 You brought this into my home! 340 00:17:45,899 --> 00:17:47,632 Hill: When parris found out about it, 341 00:17:47,734 --> 00:17:51,536 He went incandescent. 342 00:17:51,638 --> 00:17:53,671 He is incensed. 343 00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:56,107 Who else knows about this?! Who?! 344 00:17:56,209 --> 00:17:59,977 He even intimates that this act was skating right up 345 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,081 To the line of the crime of witchcraft. 346 00:18:03,183 --> 00:18:04,082 You know what you've done? 347 00:18:04,184 --> 00:18:06,717 You brought the devil upon my home. 348 00:18:06,820 --> 00:18:08,586 He called this going to the devil 349 00:18:08,688 --> 00:18:11,189 For help against the devil. 350 00:18:11,291 --> 00:18:14,692 Accounts from the time say that he even savagely beat tituba. 351 00:18:14,794 --> 00:18:18,896 ♪♪ 352 00:18:18,998 --> 00:18:21,432 Narrator: Tituba's attempt to help the girls 353 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:25,903 Will have severe and tragic consequences. 354 00:18:26,005 --> 00:18:30,274 When the girls first started to perform their afflictions, 355 00:18:30,376 --> 00:18:32,743 They didn't name anyone. 356 00:18:32,846 --> 00:18:35,146 Narrator: That will suddenly change when the girls begin to 357 00:18:35,248 --> 00:18:38,082 Have visions of the dark forces attacking them. 358 00:18:39,752 --> 00:18:45,223 [ coughing ] 359 00:18:45,325 --> 00:18:49,127 The girls begin to see specters. 360 00:18:49,229 --> 00:18:52,363 Narrator: These specters are ghostly versions of the witch, 361 00:18:52,465 --> 00:18:54,765 Who can attack their victim from afar. 362 00:18:54,868 --> 00:18:57,735 [ betty coughing ] betty. 363 00:18:57,837 --> 00:19:01,038 Parris kept asking, "who is it that afflicts you? 364 00:19:01,141 --> 00:19:02,473 Who hurt you?" 365 00:19:02,575 --> 00:19:05,510 Ti-tituba. Tituba hurt us. 366 00:19:05,612 --> 00:19:07,411 They named tituba, the woman 367 00:19:07,514 --> 00:19:12,316 Who had been part of their lives really since they can remember. 368 00:19:12,418 --> 00:19:14,552 Narrator: Why have the girls turned on tituba, 369 00:19:14,654 --> 00:19:17,321 And what will happen to the devoted servant now? 370 00:19:27,033 --> 00:19:31,369 ♪♪ 371 00:19:31,471 --> 00:19:32,803 Narrator: Two girls in salem village 372 00:19:32,906 --> 00:19:35,540 Are believed to be under attack from witchcraft. 373 00:19:35,642 --> 00:19:37,808 Now, they have named their enslaved servant, 374 00:19:37,911 --> 00:19:40,011 Tituba, as the cause. 375 00:19:40,113 --> 00:19:45,183 ♪♪ 376 00:19:45,285 --> 00:19:47,451 [ thunder crashes ] 377 00:19:47,554 --> 00:19:50,421 Brock: Samuel parris calls to his household 378 00:19:50,523 --> 00:19:53,858 A number of pre-eminent thinkers in salem village 379 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,195 And also some from the surrounding areas. 380 00:19:57,297 --> 00:19:59,230 Of course, I am not only concerned 381 00:19:59,332 --> 00:20:01,899 For the girls' welfare but for my own. 382 00:20:02,001 --> 00:20:04,202 Narrator: Among the experts that parris calls in 383 00:20:04,304 --> 00:20:05,970 Are magistrate john hathorne, 384 00:20:06,072 --> 00:20:09,840 Fellow minister nicholas noyes, and thomas putnam. 385 00:20:09,943 --> 00:20:11,042 I could quickly find myself 386 00:20:11,144 --> 00:20:12,910 Out of the parsonage if it was known 387 00:20:13,012 --> 00:20:14,712 That satan has moved in. 388 00:20:14,814 --> 00:20:18,449 Samuel's concerns are valid as I share them myself. 389 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:20,051 Narrator: Parris still clings to the hope 390 00:20:20,153 --> 00:20:23,454 That there might be some natural cause for the girls' condition. 391 00:20:23,556 --> 00:20:25,423 What remedies have been tried? 392 00:20:25,525 --> 00:20:29,193 For two months, we've tried one home remedy after another. 393 00:20:29,295 --> 00:20:32,830 Brock: People often assume that the puritans automatically 394 00:20:32,932 --> 00:20:34,565 Jumped to the devil 395 00:20:34,634 --> 00:20:38,035 Being behind everything, but that's not the case. 396 00:20:38,137 --> 00:20:40,771 They actually were interested in seeing if there were natural 397 00:20:40,873 --> 00:20:45,176 Causes behind the affliction symptoms of the young girls. 398 00:20:45,278 --> 00:20:49,413 But the men who came and observed abigail and betty 399 00:20:49,515 --> 00:20:51,349 Pretty quickly came to the conclusion 400 00:20:51,451 --> 00:20:55,119 That they were being bewitched. 401 00:20:55,221 --> 00:21:00,091 Do we know what might have given rise to their condition? 402 00:21:00,193 --> 00:21:03,027 Narrator: When parris reveals that the girls have named tituba 403 00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:04,662 As the source of their ailments, 404 00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:07,665 The men decide to question her. 405 00:21:07,767 --> 00:21:11,269 Howe: Tituba's ethnicity almost certainly was carib indian. 406 00:21:11,371 --> 00:21:14,605 She looked different from the english colonists 407 00:21:14,707 --> 00:21:16,440 That she was forced to live among. 408 00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:18,376 And even stranger... 409 00:21:18,478 --> 00:21:20,611 Although she was a family intimate, 410 00:21:20,713 --> 00:21:22,546 The fact of her difference was something 411 00:21:22,649 --> 00:21:25,016 That was never forgotten. 412 00:21:25,118 --> 00:21:26,550 They seemed to know tituba's whereabouts 413 00:21:26,653 --> 00:21:30,621 And what she does even when she is nowhere in their sight. 414 00:21:30,723 --> 00:21:32,023 Coy: As an enslaved woman, 415 00:21:32,125 --> 00:21:36,761 Tituba is in an extremely precarious position. 416 00:21:36,863 --> 00:21:40,431 Her response seems to be to try to placate the people 417 00:21:40,533 --> 00:21:41,832 Who are asking her questions. 418 00:21:41,934 --> 00:21:45,603 Your master tells us that you have been practicing magic. 419 00:21:45,705 --> 00:21:51,008 Tituba claims that her mistress on barbados 420 00:21:51,110 --> 00:21:52,943 Had actually been a witch 421 00:21:53,046 --> 00:21:55,679 And had actually taught her the test. 422 00:21:55,748 --> 00:21:56,947 She taught you what? 423 00:21:57,050 --> 00:21:59,550 Hill: What comes out very much about tituba 424 00:21:59,652 --> 00:22:04,021 Is that she was always trying to please. 425 00:22:04,123 --> 00:22:06,123 Narrator: Tituba's attempt to cooperate 426 00:22:06,225 --> 00:22:08,359 Only leads to more trouble. 427 00:22:08,461 --> 00:22:12,430 What begins as folk magic with totally benevolent purposes 428 00:22:12,532 --> 00:22:17,234 Can very quickly become seen as witchcraft. 429 00:22:17,337 --> 00:22:24,608 My advice is patience, regular fasting, and prayer. 430 00:22:24,711 --> 00:22:26,610 Narrator: Rather than follow this advice, 431 00:22:26,713 --> 00:22:30,715 Parris decides to take matters into his own hands. 432 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,853 Why are you doing this? Tell me. 433 00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:38,489 Convinced that all of the family's problems can be solved 434 00:22:38,591 --> 00:22:40,458 If tituba admits to being a witch. 435 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:44,228 Parris tries to beat the confession from her. 436 00:22:44,330 --> 00:22:45,796 But tituba stands firm. 437 00:22:45,898 --> 00:22:48,132 Tell me! 438 00:22:48,234 --> 00:22:49,467 [ panting ] 439 00:22:49,569 --> 00:22:52,136 Then without warning, the terror begins to spread 440 00:22:52,238 --> 00:22:53,504 Throughout salem village. 441 00:22:53,606 --> 00:22:54,905 Several other young girls 442 00:22:55,007 --> 00:22:57,908 Start to show signs of attack by witchcraft. 443 00:22:58,010 --> 00:22:59,977 Ann, what's wrong? 444 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:05,449 First ann putnam jr., the daughter of thomas putnam. 445 00:23:05,551 --> 00:23:10,688 Also in the putnam household is 19-year-old mercy lewis. 446 00:23:10,790 --> 00:23:14,392 Mercy lewis was a survivor from the maine frontier. 447 00:23:14,494 --> 00:23:16,160 She had been orphaned at a young age 448 00:23:16,262 --> 00:23:18,162 And she'd seen a lot of traumatic events, 449 00:23:18,264 --> 00:23:20,898 And these kind of fears and anxieties and traumas 450 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,135 Could have played a role in the fits that she was experiencing. 451 00:23:24,237 --> 00:23:26,604 Narrator: Less than a mile away, mary walcott 452 00:23:26,706 --> 00:23:30,307 Also begins to writhe, choke, and babble. 453 00:23:30,410 --> 00:23:33,977 Brock: There is particularly among these young girls in salem 454 00:23:34,046 --> 00:23:37,214 A real susceptibility to these ideas. 455 00:23:37,316 --> 00:23:40,117 And so this spreads like wildfire. 456 00:23:40,219 --> 00:23:43,721 When they hear that these things have happened to the two girls 457 00:23:43,823 --> 00:23:46,791 In the house of the minister, then why would they not think 458 00:23:46,893 --> 00:23:49,493 That witches could come and afflict them? 459 00:23:49,595 --> 00:23:54,765 It's not mutually exclusive that these girls 460 00:23:54,834 --> 00:23:59,069 Could both believe deeply that they had been bewitched 461 00:23:59,172 --> 00:24:02,273 And that they reveled in the newfound power 462 00:24:02,375 --> 00:24:04,475 That this gave them. 463 00:24:04,577 --> 00:24:06,310 Narrator: Meanwhile, the girls in the parsonage 464 00:24:06,412 --> 00:24:09,213 Continue to be attacked by tituba's specter. 465 00:24:09,315 --> 00:24:14,919 ♪♪ 466 00:24:15,021 --> 00:24:18,222 They were just contorted in extraordinary postures 467 00:24:18,324 --> 00:24:21,992 That looked to say they must be incredibly painful. 468 00:24:22,094 --> 00:24:25,763 -[ gasping ] -leave them alone. 469 00:24:25,865 --> 00:24:28,332 [ gasping ] 470 00:24:28,434 --> 00:24:32,970 ♪♪ 471 00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:35,539 Narrator: Parris asks abigail if there is anyone else 472 00:24:35,641 --> 00:24:38,709 She can see besides tituba. 473 00:24:38,811 --> 00:24:40,211 Two. 474 00:24:40,313 --> 00:24:43,047 Two women. Who is it? 475 00:24:43,149 --> 00:24:46,650 She furnishes two names which are really pivotal. 476 00:24:46,752 --> 00:24:50,688 Sarah good. Who else? 477 00:24:50,790 --> 00:24:52,623 Sarah osborne. 478 00:24:52,725 --> 00:24:55,493 Both of these women are straight 479 00:24:55,595 --> 00:24:58,195 Out of central casting for witchcraft. 480 00:24:58,297 --> 00:25:02,199 ♪♪ 481 00:25:02,301 --> 00:25:04,401 Narrator: The two women named by the girls 482 00:25:04,504 --> 00:25:08,138 Fit the stereotypical image of a witch. 483 00:25:08,207 --> 00:25:11,775 Sarah good has been accused of being a witch before, 484 00:25:11,878 --> 00:25:15,312 She has an intensely quarrelsome reputation. 485 00:25:15,414 --> 00:25:19,316 Sarah osborne, as well, is known to have a slippery tongue. 486 00:25:19,418 --> 00:25:21,819 Narrator: Now that the girls have named their tormentors, 487 00:25:21,921 --> 00:25:24,288 Four village leaders led by thomas putnam 488 00:25:24,390 --> 00:25:26,757 Decide to take action. 489 00:25:26,859 --> 00:25:30,094 Coy: Thomas putnam along with several of his associates 490 00:25:30,196 --> 00:25:32,763 Lodged formal complaints against tituba, 491 00:25:32,865 --> 00:25:36,000 Sarah good, and sarah osborne. 492 00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:40,638 Narrator: The women will all be arrested, setting in motion 493 00:25:40,740 --> 00:25:44,475 A wave of panic that will shake salem to its core. 494 00:25:52,585 --> 00:25:55,519 ♪♪ 495 00:25:55,621 --> 00:25:57,588 Ann! Narrator: The terrifying afflictions 496 00:25:57,690 --> 00:25:59,690 That began in the parris's parsonage 497 00:25:59,792 --> 00:26:02,426 Have spread to others in salem village. 498 00:26:02,528 --> 00:26:03,928 When three women are named 499 00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:07,331 As the cause, they are immediately arrested. 500 00:26:07,433 --> 00:26:09,934 [ indistinct shouting ] 501 00:26:10,036 --> 00:26:16,941 ♪♪ 502 00:26:17,043 --> 00:26:19,710 Salem village is in uproar. 503 00:26:19,812 --> 00:26:24,248 Everyone is desperate to tituba, sarah good, and sarah osborne 504 00:26:24,350 --> 00:26:28,419 Paraded through town in shackles as they are led to their fate. 505 00:26:28,521 --> 00:26:32,056 ♪♪ 506 00:26:32,158 --> 00:26:34,091 Brock: An examination had to take place 507 00:26:34,193 --> 00:26:38,062 To see whether or not these initially accused witches 508 00:26:38,164 --> 00:26:42,600 Had enough evidence against them to warrant a grand jury trial. 509 00:26:42,702 --> 00:26:44,902 Narrator: Witchcraft is a recognized crime 510 00:26:45,004 --> 00:26:47,705 And the penalty is death by hanging. 511 00:26:47,807 --> 00:26:50,040 Howe: In a typical witch trial any sort of examination 512 00:26:50,142 --> 00:26:53,177 Would have been a small and private affair. 513 00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:57,514 Salem already is different in that regard. 514 00:26:57,617 --> 00:26:59,416 Word has been spreading for weeks 515 00:26:59,518 --> 00:27:02,319 About the mysterious afflictions of the little girls. 516 00:27:02,421 --> 00:27:05,122 People have heard rumors about this. 517 00:27:05,224 --> 00:27:08,092 Rumors travel quickly then as they do now.. 518 00:27:08,194 --> 00:27:11,595 So people came from pretty far away. 519 00:27:11,731 --> 00:27:13,263 People come from as far as boston 520 00:27:13,366 --> 00:27:14,365 To see the examinations, 521 00:27:14,467 --> 00:27:18,435 They take on a circus-like atmosphere. 522 00:27:18,537 --> 00:27:21,505 This helps really feed the sense of anxiety 523 00:27:21,607 --> 00:27:23,874 And chaos within the village at that time, 524 00:27:23,976 --> 00:27:26,243 But it also feeds the rumor mill. 525 00:27:26,345 --> 00:27:29,613 Brock: I think that's important to understand the public spectacle 526 00:27:29,715 --> 00:27:31,148 Because it helps us to understand 527 00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:34,985 Why the community of otherwise intensely intelligent, 528 00:27:35,087 --> 00:27:39,289 Intensely devoted, caring, good people came to believe something 529 00:27:39,392 --> 00:27:44,628 That we now regard as so fantastical and beyond belief. 530 00:27:44,730 --> 00:27:46,797 Narrator: The plan is to hold the examinations 531 00:27:46,899 --> 00:27:49,099 In the salem village tavern. 532 00:27:49,201 --> 00:27:51,735 It was quite a to-do getting them there. 533 00:27:51,837 --> 00:27:55,272 Not so much tituba, I think she went quietly. 534 00:27:55,374 --> 00:27:58,375 But sarah good kept hitting out at people. 535 00:27:58,477 --> 00:28:01,178 She was a very aggressive personality. 536 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:06,784 Sarah osborne, I think, just wasn't very well. 537 00:28:06,886 --> 00:28:09,753 Narrator: But when they arrive at the tavern, it becomes clear 538 00:28:09,855 --> 00:28:11,522 That there are far too many people 539 00:28:11,624 --> 00:28:13,257 To fit everyone inside. 540 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:14,992 To the meeting house. 541 00:28:15,094 --> 00:28:17,227 Coy: So they move to the largest building they have, 542 00:28:17,296 --> 00:28:18,696 The meeting house where the puritans 543 00:28:18,798 --> 00:28:21,298 Would have held their worship services. 544 00:28:21,367 --> 00:28:25,836 ♪♪ 545 00:28:25,938 --> 00:28:29,540 Brock: The two people presiding over these early examinations 546 00:28:29,642 --> 00:28:31,575 Are john corwin and john hathorne, 547 00:28:31,677 --> 00:28:34,044 And they are not lawyers. 548 00:28:34,146 --> 00:28:36,914 They are merchants with an interest in the law 549 00:28:37,016 --> 00:28:39,450 Bring forward sarah good, please. 550 00:28:39,552 --> 00:28:43,287 The room is jam-packed, filled to capacity. 551 00:28:43,389 --> 00:28:45,889 You have the frightened suspects. 552 00:28:45,991 --> 00:28:50,094 You have scores of their neighbors and relations 553 00:28:50,196 --> 00:28:52,463 Along with the afflicted girls. 554 00:28:52,565 --> 00:28:55,432 The afflicted girls were present 555 00:28:55,534 --> 00:28:57,067 And this is kind of crucial 556 00:28:57,169 --> 00:29:00,537 Because the attention that's being brought 557 00:29:00,639 --> 00:29:05,175 Changes the way the afflicted girls behave. 558 00:29:05,277 --> 00:29:06,977 Are we ready? Brock: Sarah good 559 00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:10,080 Has been accused of being a witch before, 560 00:29:10,182 --> 00:29:13,250 She has an intensely quarrelsome reputation. 561 00:29:13,352 --> 00:29:16,453 She's not a well-respected member of the community. 562 00:29:16,555 --> 00:29:19,022 Coy: Hathorne, not an experienced jurist, 563 00:29:19,125 --> 00:29:24,161 Seeks to trap these suspects through leading questions. 564 00:29:24,263 --> 00:29:27,030 Sarah good. 565 00:29:27,133 --> 00:29:31,068 What spirits are you familiar with? 566 00:29:31,170 --> 00:29:32,603 None. 567 00:29:32,705 --> 00:29:35,139 Hill: None of this assuming somebody's innocent 568 00:29:35,241 --> 00:29:37,241 Until they're proven guilty nonsense. 569 00:29:37,343 --> 00:29:41,178 He knows she's guilty, in his mind, there's no question. 570 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:45,082 When did you first covenant with the devil? 571 00:29:45,184 --> 00:29:46,550 I have never. 572 00:29:49,054 --> 00:29:51,555 Do you not have a contract with the devil? 573 00:29:53,392 --> 00:29:55,459 Narrator: Finally, after several failed attempts 574 00:29:55,561 --> 00:29:56,693 To get a confession, 575 00:29:56,796 --> 00:29:59,830 Hathorne turns to the afflicted girls. 576 00:29:59,932 --> 00:30:01,732 Is this the woman that hurts you? 577 00:30:01,834 --> 00:30:03,634 Look at her. 578 00:30:03,736 --> 00:30:07,638 ♪♪ 579 00:30:07,740 --> 00:30:10,474 The girls' reaction is shocking. 580 00:30:10,576 --> 00:30:13,544 They're clearly manifesting their pain and torture 581 00:30:13,646 --> 00:30:16,246 To the audience. 582 00:30:16,348 --> 00:30:19,516 Little: They probably weren't legitimately afraid of the women 583 00:30:19,618 --> 00:30:21,518 That they were accusing of witchcraft. 584 00:30:21,620 --> 00:30:24,655 You would expect that the witch would turn all of her power 585 00:30:24,757 --> 00:30:27,791 Against you, against the accuser. 586 00:30:27,893 --> 00:30:30,727 Howe: The behavior of the afflicted girls is seen 587 00:30:30,830 --> 00:30:32,996 Not just by the magistrates doing the examinations 588 00:30:33,098 --> 00:30:37,134 But also by the townsfolk as strongly suggestive of guilt. 589 00:30:37,236 --> 00:30:39,503 Sarah good. 590 00:30:39,605 --> 00:30:42,039 Do you not see now what you have done? 591 00:30:42,141 --> 00:30:44,708 Why do you not tell us the truth? Why? 592 00:30:44,810 --> 00:30:46,510 Narrator: Desperate to save herself, 593 00:30:46,612 --> 00:30:49,680 Sarah good points the finger at the two other suspects. 594 00:30:49,782 --> 00:30:52,549 You should have brought other people 595 00:30:52,651 --> 00:30:54,818 To this meeting house with me. 596 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,688 And he said "what others?" 597 00:30:57,790 --> 00:31:00,224 Osborne. 598 00:31:00,326 --> 00:31:02,993 Narrator: It's now a fight for survival, 599 00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:05,729 But who will ultimately take the fall? 600 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,908 ♪♪ 601 00:31:18,010 --> 00:31:20,277 Narrator: Salem village is seemingly under attack 602 00:31:20,379 --> 00:31:22,246 From demonic forces. 603 00:31:22,348 --> 00:31:23,747 Three women have been arrested 604 00:31:23,849 --> 00:31:25,782 On suspicion of witchcraft. 605 00:31:25,885 --> 00:31:29,786 Now they face examination in the village meeting house. 606 00:31:29,889 --> 00:31:32,823 ♪♪ 607 00:31:32,925 --> 00:31:37,461 Attention at the examinations now turns to sarah osborne. 608 00:31:37,563 --> 00:31:42,032 Sarah osborne was a bit of an outcast in the village. 609 00:31:42,134 --> 00:31:47,271 She'd done something very scandalous in her past. 610 00:31:47,373 --> 00:31:50,774 Howe: Sarah osborne hasn't been seen at meeting for some time. 611 00:31:50,876 --> 00:31:54,244 One school of thought holds that it's because she has taken up 612 00:31:54,346 --> 00:31:55,779 With a man who worked for her. 613 00:31:55,881 --> 00:32:00,751 So there is a sexual dimension to sarah osborne's alienation 614 00:32:00,853 --> 00:32:03,020 From the religious community. 615 00:32:03,122 --> 00:32:04,588 Sarah osborne. 616 00:32:04,690 --> 00:32:07,124 Narrator: Already convinced of sarah osborne's guilt, 617 00:32:07,226 --> 00:32:08,525 Hathorne immediately tries 618 00:32:08,627 --> 00:32:11,194 To get her to make a damning confession. 619 00:32:11,297 --> 00:32:13,897 What evil spirits are you familiar with? 620 00:32:13,999 --> 00:32:16,500 None. 621 00:32:16,602 --> 00:32:19,937 In her attempt to clear her name, she testified 622 00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:23,907 That she was more likely to be bewitched than to be a witch. 623 00:32:24,009 --> 00:32:28,679 And she told a story about an apparition that she had seen. 624 00:32:28,781 --> 00:32:32,282 I saw a dark specter. 625 00:32:32,384 --> 00:32:34,885 But she slipped up and told the magistrates 626 00:32:34,987 --> 00:32:38,655 That this diabolical figure had warned her 627 00:32:38,757 --> 00:32:41,458 Not to go to meeting, not to attend church. 628 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,994 And, in fact, she had not attended church 629 00:32:44,096 --> 00:32:46,229 For a year and a half at that time. 630 00:32:46,332 --> 00:32:49,066 So you admit you confer with the devil himself? 631 00:32:49,168 --> 00:32:51,702 Because of illness, but it appeared more sinister 632 00:32:51,804 --> 00:32:55,505 Before the court. 633 00:32:55,607 --> 00:32:58,308 Narrator: Like sarah good, sarah osborne denies 634 00:32:58,410 --> 00:33:01,445 Having any involvement in witchcraft. 635 00:33:01,547 --> 00:33:03,981 Finally, amid great anticipation, 636 00:33:04,083 --> 00:33:08,885 Tituba is called forward for the last interrogation. 637 00:33:08,988 --> 00:33:11,555 Hill: Straight away, the girls just all started screaming 638 00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:12,990 And shouting. 639 00:33:13,092 --> 00:33:14,891 ♪♪ 640 00:33:14,994 --> 00:33:17,227 Why do you hurt these children? 641 00:33:17,329 --> 00:33:19,062 What harm have they done to you? 642 00:33:19,164 --> 00:33:22,232 I do no harm to them. 643 00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:25,736 Aronson: She starts out by denying that she is a witch. 644 00:33:25,838 --> 00:33:27,204 I have done nothing. 645 00:33:27,306 --> 00:33:30,107 And she sees that is not going well. 646 00:33:30,209 --> 00:33:32,509 Does the devil tell you he hurts them? 647 00:33:34,913 --> 00:33:37,447 And then her testimony shifts. 648 00:33:37,549 --> 00:33:39,616 Tell me the truth. 649 00:33:39,718 --> 00:33:41,785 Who hurts them? 650 00:33:41,887 --> 00:33:44,821 The devil, for all I know. 651 00:33:44,923 --> 00:33:47,891 ♪♪ 652 00:33:47,993 --> 00:33:50,761 She reads the situation. 653 00:33:50,863 --> 00:33:52,362 Ahh. 654 00:33:52,464 --> 00:33:55,999 She shifts immediately from being combative 655 00:33:56,101 --> 00:33:58,135 To being acquiescent. 656 00:33:58,237 --> 00:34:05,242 And she gives the court what the court seems to want. 657 00:34:05,344 --> 00:34:07,778 I think she's incredibly savvy in certain ways, 658 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,279 She realizes 659 00:34:09,381 --> 00:34:13,884 That if she confesses, she might make it out alive. 660 00:34:13,986 --> 00:34:18,088 Hill: Hathorne, instead of being harsh and angry 661 00:34:18,190 --> 00:34:21,792 And pressing, he was delighted with her. 662 00:34:21,894 --> 00:34:24,494 I mean, this was what he wanted to hear. 663 00:34:24,596 --> 00:34:27,097 And how does the devil appear? 664 00:34:29,334 --> 00:34:35,439 I think yesterday, I saw a thing like a man. 665 00:34:35,541 --> 00:34:37,040 All in black. 666 00:34:37,142 --> 00:34:39,943 Brock: When tituba says she sees the devil, 667 00:34:40,045 --> 00:34:44,214 She doesn't say she sees a grotesque winged beast. 668 00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:46,116 She says she sees a man. 669 00:34:46,218 --> 00:34:48,919 Howe: Tituba describes him as a man in a black hat. 670 00:34:49,021 --> 00:34:51,888 ♪♪ 671 00:34:51,990 --> 00:34:53,356 Some historians have pointed to the fact 672 00:34:53,459 --> 00:34:57,461 That she describes a man who dresses like samuel parris. 673 00:34:57,563 --> 00:34:59,629 Narrator: The crowd is stunned into silence 674 00:34:59,731 --> 00:35:02,132 As tituba begins her story. 675 00:35:02,234 --> 00:35:06,603 ♪♪ 676 00:35:06,705 --> 00:35:09,306 He appeared as I was scrubbing the floor. 677 00:35:09,408 --> 00:35:15,178 ♪♪ 678 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,714 Serve me. 679 00:35:17,816 --> 00:35:20,283 He told me he was a god. 680 00:35:20,385 --> 00:35:23,353 And he asked me to serve him. 681 00:35:23,455 --> 00:35:25,055 Believe in me. 682 00:35:27,559 --> 00:35:29,226 Serve me for six years 683 00:35:29,328 --> 00:35:32,562 And I will give you many fine things. 684 00:35:32,664 --> 00:35:35,432 She said he was going to hurt the children, 685 00:35:35,534 --> 00:35:36,933 And he wanted my help. 686 00:35:37,035 --> 00:35:42,772 Refuse, and I will hurt both you and the children. 687 00:35:42,875 --> 00:35:48,578 ♪♪ 688 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:50,814 See? 689 00:35:50,916 --> 00:35:52,415 For you. 690 00:35:52,518 --> 00:35:54,918 ♪♪ 691 00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:57,087 You're no god. 692 00:35:57,189 --> 00:35:59,489 This is a matter for my master. 693 00:35:59,591 --> 00:36:02,659 When I refused, he disappeared. 694 00:36:04,029 --> 00:36:06,129 You will see me again. 695 00:36:08,133 --> 00:36:13,670 A few days later he came back with good wife good. 696 00:36:13,772 --> 00:36:15,572 Parris: Spirit come upon this house, 697 00:36:15,674 --> 00:36:17,474 We ask that you heal these children. 698 00:36:17,576 --> 00:36:20,944 He offered me a-a little yellow bird. 699 00:36:21,046 --> 00:36:23,713 ♪♪ 700 00:36:23,815 --> 00:36:25,682 Narrator: Tituba describes the yellow bird 701 00:36:25,784 --> 00:36:28,385 Flying above the family's praying heads, 702 00:36:28,487 --> 00:36:30,820 Seen only by her and the children 703 00:36:30,923 --> 00:36:34,724 Whose eyes had been opened to the invisible world. 704 00:36:34,826 --> 00:36:39,930 ♪♪ 705 00:36:40,032 --> 00:36:42,866 We ask that you give the souls in this house... 706 00:36:42,968 --> 00:36:46,703 She describes being offered money. 707 00:36:46,805 --> 00:36:49,472 And being offered rest from work. 708 00:36:49,575 --> 00:36:53,143 For a woman who is not free, 709 00:36:53,245 --> 00:36:55,212 In some sense, I see tituba's confession 710 00:36:55,314 --> 00:37:00,984 As a very profound expression of a wish for all of the power 711 00:37:01,086 --> 00:37:03,486 That she is denied. 712 00:37:03,589 --> 00:37:07,357 All the pain and suffering that is brought into my life. 713 00:37:07,459 --> 00:37:11,628 Then on another bird, I saw the face of good wife osborne. 714 00:37:13,131 --> 00:37:16,833 Sign the book and be free. 715 00:37:16,935 --> 00:37:21,972 In the fireplace, I saw a creature. 716 00:37:22,074 --> 00:37:25,942 All-over hairy, like an imp. 717 00:37:26,044 --> 00:37:29,079 Narrator: The devil asks tituba if she would like the imp 718 00:37:29,181 --> 00:37:30,814 As her servant. 719 00:37:30,916 --> 00:37:34,484 No, no, I would not. 720 00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:37,754 Serve me. 721 00:37:37,856 --> 00:37:41,157 Say she that the devil sought to make her sign 722 00:37:41,260 --> 00:37:44,261 Away her soul in his book. 723 00:37:44,363 --> 00:37:46,663 Little: It's a very protestant vision that there 724 00:37:46,765 --> 00:37:47,964 Would be a book involved, 725 00:37:48,066 --> 00:37:51,868 Because of course puritans are people of the book. 726 00:37:51,970 --> 00:37:56,406 It's an especial perversion for an enslaved woman 727 00:37:56,508 --> 00:38:01,278 To pick up a pen and make her mark or write her name. 728 00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:03,613 Good signed. 729 00:38:03,715 --> 00:38:07,884 Osborne signed. 730 00:38:07,986 --> 00:38:10,453 You sign. 731 00:38:10,555 --> 00:38:14,491 He then offered me the book again and made me sign it. 732 00:38:14,593 --> 00:38:22,332 ♪♪ 733 00:38:22,434 --> 00:38:28,405 But in it, written, I saw were nine other names. 734 00:38:28,507 --> 00:38:30,173 Narrator: It's a shocking revelation 735 00:38:30,275 --> 00:38:34,544 That suggests there are nine other witches in salem. 736 00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:37,647 The court room is stunned. 737 00:38:37,749 --> 00:38:40,250 So now the hunt is on. 738 00:38:49,828 --> 00:38:53,029 ♪♪ 739 00:38:53,131 --> 00:38:54,497 Narrator: When tituba confesses 740 00:38:54,599 --> 00:38:56,800 That she has been visited by the devil, 741 00:38:56,902 --> 00:38:59,436 It confirms salem's worst fears. 742 00:38:59,538 --> 00:39:02,572 The village is under siege, and there are nine other 743 00:39:02,674 --> 00:39:04,974 Unnamed witches that need to be found. 744 00:39:07,879 --> 00:39:10,180 As tituba's interrogation concludes, 745 00:39:10,282 --> 00:39:14,250 Once again the afflicted children burst into fits. 746 00:39:14,353 --> 00:39:16,252 [ screaming ] 747 00:39:16,355 --> 00:39:18,254 Who now afflicts these children? 748 00:39:18,357 --> 00:39:23,827 ♪♪ 749 00:39:23,895 --> 00:39:26,730 Sarah good. Who else? 750 00:39:26,832 --> 00:39:28,965 Sensing her options closing in. 751 00:39:29,067 --> 00:39:32,369 Tituba claims she too is afflicted. 752 00:39:32,471 --> 00:39:34,771 I cannot see. 753 00:39:34,873 --> 00:39:36,606 I am blinded. 754 00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:39,876 Moments later, tituba is rendered speechless, 755 00:39:39,978 --> 00:39:42,779 Forcing john hathorne to end the examination. 756 00:39:42,881 --> 00:39:46,449 ♪♪ 757 00:39:46,551 --> 00:39:52,922 [ indistinct shouting ] 758 00:39:53,024 --> 00:39:56,526 Since witchcraft is a hanging offence, the three suspects 759 00:39:56,628 --> 00:40:00,630 Are transferred to boston jail to await their formal trial. 760 00:40:00,732 --> 00:40:04,434 ♪♪ 761 00:40:04,536 --> 00:40:06,202 Unwilling to accept her fate, 762 00:40:06,304 --> 00:40:08,638 Sarah good attempts to escape. 763 00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:11,441 It does her no good. 764 00:40:11,543 --> 00:40:15,011 Howe: Tituba's confession confirms the suspicion 765 00:40:15,113 --> 00:40:16,880 That witchcraft is responsible 766 00:40:16,982 --> 00:40:18,681 For what's happening in the village. 767 00:40:18,784 --> 00:40:21,918 Now, for samuel parris, what a relief. 768 00:40:22,020 --> 00:40:24,754 You know, it's not that there's something wrong with his soul. 769 00:40:24,856 --> 00:40:27,223 It's not that there's something wrong with his leadership. 770 00:40:27,325 --> 00:40:30,627 The problem lies outside of him. 771 00:40:30,729 --> 00:40:32,896 Coy: This was the confirmation of everything he'd been warning 772 00:40:32,998 --> 00:40:36,266 About vis-à-vis the devil's assaults on the community 773 00:40:36,368 --> 00:40:39,369 In the last days. 774 00:40:39,471 --> 00:40:42,372 We pray god that the evil has been banished 775 00:40:42,474 --> 00:40:43,540 From the children. 776 00:40:43,642 --> 00:40:46,242 This thing is not done. 777 00:40:46,344 --> 00:40:47,377 They are three. 778 00:40:47,479 --> 00:40:49,813 Yet we know the devil hides among us nine. 779 00:40:51,783 --> 00:40:52,882 Aronson: There are nine. 780 00:40:52,984 --> 00:40:55,452 There's a man in black. There's a book. 781 00:40:55,554 --> 00:40:59,622 This confirms what a lot of people feel. 782 00:40:59,724 --> 00:41:03,026 ♪♪ 783 00:41:03,128 --> 00:41:06,663 This is the moment where everything changes. 784 00:41:06,765 --> 00:41:12,135 It is not, anymore, about a few unpopular women 785 00:41:12,237 --> 00:41:15,071 Who people have always been suspicious about. 786 00:41:15,173 --> 00:41:19,742 ♪♪ 787 00:41:19,845 --> 00:41:22,612 I bring the book. 788 00:41:22,747 --> 00:41:24,247 It's a conspiracy. 789 00:41:24,349 --> 00:41:27,150 ♪♪ 790 00:41:27,252 --> 00:41:28,351 [ screams ] 791 00:41:28,453 --> 00:41:31,354 Narrator: Still to come on "witches of salem"... 792 00:41:31,456 --> 00:41:34,891 Fear can be a very contagious phenomenon. 793 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:38,728 This moves from the hand of satan upon the parris household 794 00:41:38,830 --> 00:41:42,165 To the hand of satan upon all of salem village. 795 00:41:42,267 --> 00:41:46,469 [ screams ] the girls just went wild. 796 00:41:46,571 --> 00:41:49,339 I am not a witch. 797 00:41:49,441 --> 00:41:52,375 It became apparent that if you confessed to witchcraft 798 00:41:52,477 --> 00:41:56,112 That they would keep you alive at least for a while. 799 00:41:56,214 --> 00:41:59,148 Hill: It's the most extraordinary event. 800 00:41:59,251 --> 00:42:01,584 Aronson: The visions of the black masses 801 00:42:01,686 --> 00:42:06,189 Are so clearly the reverse of a regular service. 802 00:42:06,291 --> 00:42:09,125 It sent shock waves through the salem community. 803 00:42:09,227 --> 00:42:11,694 The anticipation would have been 804 00:42:11,796 --> 00:42:13,730 So thick you could have cut it with a knife. 805 00:42:13,832 --> 00:42:15,298 We offer this witch for your judgment. 806 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,535 Howe: It's chilling to think about watching someone you know 807 00:42:18,637 --> 00:42:22,739 Hanged to death and feeling good. 808 00:42:22,841 --> 00:42:26,876 The whole godly kingdom is in deadly peril. 809 00:42:26,978 --> 00:42:29,612 [ crowd murmuring ]