My Hometown

Raven hair and ruby lips
Sparks fly from her fingertips
Echoed voices in the night
She’s a restless spirit on an endless flight

Woo hoo witchy woman,
See how high she flies
Woo hoo witchy woman
She got the moon in her eye

Many of you know that I was born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, known worldwide for its Witch Trials of the 1600’s. (As opposed to its sparkling maritime trade era, first in the nation to sail its masted ships to the far east.)

I grew up amidst the Witch House and Gallows’ Hill. Today the city is extremely liberal and dotted throughout with shops offering everything occult and witchy. Money makers.

Bill O’Reilly, on with Charlie Kirk today, announced the upcoming publication (now available on Kindle and Audible) of his newest book.

Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts.

What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women.

Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested under suspicion of being witches—but as the hysteria spread, more than 200 people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, twenty were executed, and others died in jail or their lives were ruined.

What really happened in Salem?

Killing the Witches tells the horrifying story of a colonial town’s madness, offering the historical context of similar episodes of community mania during that time, and exploring the evidence that emerged in the Salem trials, in contemporary accounts, and in subsequent investigations. The result is a compulsively enjoyable book about good, evil, and how fear can overwhelm fact and reason.

Interested in reading it? Me too.

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