The Salem Witchcraft Trials and Ergot, the “Moldy Bread” Hypothesis.

Name: The Salem Witchcraft Trials and Ergot, the “Moldy Bread” Hypothesis.
Start: 2021-01-27T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2021-01-27T19:00:00-05:00

January 27 @ 7:00 pm

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Margo Burns, a historian specializing in the Salem witch trials and an Associate Editor and Project Manager of the book Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt, will explain how this lurid chapter in American history was born and how it became cemented in the public imagination in a live discussion and Q&A.

$12/device, tickets online.