<p><em>State of the Unknown</em> is a documentary-style podcast that explores America’s strangest stories—haunted highways, cryptid encounters, and folklore that refuses to fade. Every other week, we journey to a different U.S. state to uncover the truth behind its most enduring legends.</p>

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State of the Unknown

Robert Barber

Introduction

The Setting – Hartford in the 1600s

Alse Young & the First American Execution for Witchcraft

The Accused & Executed

What They Feared – Witchcraft, Illness & the Devil at the Door

Witch Bottles, Iron Nails, and the Magic Hidden Beneath the Floorboards

Why We Forgot – The Erasure of Connecticut’s Witch Trials

Cultural Legacy & Modern Echoes

Final Thoughts & Outro

ep6. Connecticut - The Hartford Witch Panic: America’s Forgotten Trials