The Hartford Witch Panic | America’s Forgotten First Witch Panic

Robert Barber presents a chilling deep dive into one of America’s earliest witch trials.

Before Salem, fear gripped Hartford, Connecticut.

In 1662, unexplained deaths, superstition, and hysteria sparked the nation’s first witch panic — and left a legacy history nearly forgot.

In this episode of State of the Unknown, we trace the eerie and emotional story of the Hartford Witch Trials — a dark origin point in America's haunted past.

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