Witch Hunt Victim Stories: Samuel Wardwell

In this episode of Witch Hunt Victim Stories, host Josh Hutchinson explores the life and untimely death of Samuel Wardwell, a carpenter and fortune teller from Andover, Massachusetts. Convicted and hanged during the Salem Witch Trials on September 22, 1692, Samuel was the only confessor executed. The episode provides a detailed account of his life, family, and the events leading to his arrest and execution. It also delves into the aftermath for his surviving family members and the eventual reversal of some wrongful convictions.

Emerson W. Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780190627805

Mary Beth Norton, In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780375706905

Bernard Rosenthal, editor, Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781107689619

Daniel A. Gagnon, A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781594163678

Marilynne K. Roach, The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-By-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781589791329

Emerson W. Baker, The Devil of Great Island: Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780230623873

Stacy Schiff, The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780316200592