Poppets, Confessions, and New Arrests: Salem, May 12, 1692

We head to Salem on May 12, 1692, as magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin issue an arrest warrant for Ann Pudeator and Alice Parker and question Abigail Hobbs, Pudeator, Parker, and Mary Warren while specters torment Mary Walcott, Mercy Lewis, and Ann Putnam Jr. Hobbs details poppets, thorns, and covenants with the devil, tying her actions to George Burroughs in Falmouth, Maine and naming deaths she claims resulted. Warren levels a cascade of accusations against Parker, Pudeator, and the Proctors—ships cast away, poisonings, drownings, and threats with needles and images—while testimonies collide with contradictions and spectral claims. We close with the aftermath of Sarah Osburn’s death in the Boston jail and unanswered questions about her body, mourners, and disputed property linked to the Putnams.

00:00 May 12 Overview

00:36 Abigail Hobbs Confession

02:03 Alice Parker Accused

03:22 Mary Warren Poppets

04:47 Proctors and Devils Book

05:29 Shipwrecks and Murders

06:52 Osburn Aftermath

Links

Salem Witch Trials History YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCliis4vjMIUgg3wcA0pXeYQ/

⁠Salem Witch Trials Daily Hub: https://aboutsalem.com/salem-witch-trials-daily/⁠

⁠The Thing About the Salem Witch Trials: https://aboutsalem.com⁠

⁠The Thing About Witch Hunts: https://aboutwitchhunts.com⁠

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

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

⁠Emerson W. Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience:

https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780190627805⁠

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

High Quality Scans of Original Court Documents - Peabody Essex Museum Salem Witch Trials Collection: https://pem.quartexcollections.com/collections/salem-witch-trials-collection