Elizabeth Clawson

Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 70: A Fictional Interview with Elizabeth Clawson, The Stamford Witch

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⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Elizabeth Clawson was a real resident of Stamford, Connecticut, who was accused of witchcraft in 1692 during the same year as the Salem Witch Trials. Historical records indicate that she was accused after Katherine Branch, a servant girl, reported fits and visions in which she […]

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 71: The Witch of Stamford

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Beyond Salem: The Badass Grandmother and the Stamford Witch Trials   When most people think of colonial witch hunts, their minds go straight to Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. However, Connecticut was actually the first of the American colonies to execute a person for witchcraft, beginning with Alice Young in 1647—decades before the Salem hysteria. By

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