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Joe The Ghost Guy: Good. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are, across the country and around the world. You are listening to Ghost Stories. and the unusual paranormal podcast.
Joe The Ghost Guy: I am indeed your host. Joe the Ghost Guy. Hey, I hope everyone's having a good week so far. It's...
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Joe The Ghost Guy: Tonight's episode... I've been wanting to do this episode for a really long time. and I just... there's so much into this episode that One part I didn't know how to...
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Joe The Ghost Guy: Without any further ado. That's... It's sitting there Back in our couches and our chairs. Snuggle up with that loved one.
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Joe The Ghost Guy: Get really comfortable. because it's... Nights.
Joe The Ghost Guy: buddy as a story.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Begins.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Here's the plays. or history. Phil's finished.
Joe The Ghost Guy: the streets. streets
Joe The Ghost Guy: have been finished.
Joe The Ghost Guy: The buildings have been restored. The streets have been paved. the grays. have been marked the stories Have been written down And then...
Joe The Ghost Guy: there are places like saloon. Massachusetts. A city. were the past.
Joe The Ghost Guy: seems to refuse to leave.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Tonight. We're walking into a town. We're... Fear. once spread. from house to house. like fire.
Joe The Ghost Guy: were Accusations. could destroy families. where you whisper, could become evidence. and where.
Joe The Ghost Guy: 19 innocent people. were executed. During one. of the darkest episodes. an American colonial history.
Joe The Ghost Guy: But... Salem's. a frightening reputation. does not end with the historical record.
Joe The Ghost Guy: for centuries. stories have circulated. about restless spirits. Ghostly figures. unexplained footsteps.
Joe The Ghost Guy: quote cold spots. set shadowy apparitions. Phantom voices. and buildings. where visitors claimed they could still feel something lingering.
Joe The Ghost Guy: from the past. tonight. We're going to... going into these stories. This is not simply a story about witches.
Joe The Ghost Guy: It's a story of both. fear. a story. about death. a story about guilt. And perhaps...
Joe The Ghost Guy: Most frightening of all.
Joe The Ghost Guy: It's a story. about what happens. when the entire community becomes convinced or convicted. that evil.
Joe The Ghost Guy: is hiding among them. Welcome. To Salem.
Joe The Ghost Guy: imagine. Salem.
Joe The Ghost Guy: In the year.
Joe The Ghost Guy: 16.
Joe The Ghost Guy: 1692.
Joe The Ghost Guy: There are no modern and streetlights. No, Autumn. appeals.
Joe The Ghost Guy: oh police car.
Joe The Ghost Guy: No telephone.
Joe The Ghost Guy: The Knights. are almost completely dark. candlelight fixtures. Behind when... windows
Joe The Ghost Guy: the harbor. is nearby. The wind.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Moose true. Narrow streets. and behind the settlement. lies. the wilderness. than many colonists. regarded with fear.
Joe The Ghost Guy: and superstitious.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Life was difficult. Disease was common. religious b beliefs were powerful. and the invisible world.
Joe The Ghost Guy: is very real to many people. living here. people believe. that the devil could tempt human beings.
Joe The Ghost Guy: They believe that the supernatural forces could cause illness. They believe that the witches could harm. their neighbors.
Joe The Ghost Guy: And then... And when several young... girls. in Salem Village. began suffering strange symptoms the community.
Joe The Ghost Guy: struggled. to explain. what was happening. the girls experience. fits. and convulsions They screamed.
Joe The Ghost Guy: They complain of strange sensations. They claimed that they were being tormented. and soon. Thank you.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Accusations began. Some had to be... someone had to be responsible. Someone. Happy. the cause of it.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Someone. had write it evil. with Salem. It wants to... Accusations began.
Joe The Ghost Guy: They began, they come almost in. possible. stop.
Joe The Ghost Guy: pro not he only We're not one trial they were a weighing Accusation
Joe The Ghost Guy: examinations. imprisonment. And... executions. that spread through the community. neighbors accuse neighbors.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Tell me remember became suspicious. So. one. and then from one to. another. people were questioned.
Joe The Ghost Guy: God. invisible forces. so confused. Some denied everything. others. named. individual key.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Thank you. accus accusation seem to be decree. another.
Joe The Ghost Guy: It began... or it became a terrible chain. one accusation but been than another.
Joe The Ghost Guy: eventually. more than obtrude people.
Joe The Ghost Guy: were imprisoned. during the... crisis. and 19 people. or execut post work.
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Joe The Ghost Guy: was subject forth. horrific. form of X. you should. after a few scenes to enter a plea.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Heavy stones. were placed upon Him. the pressure. Increased. again And again.
Joe The Ghost Guy: and begin. He was asked to enter a plea. He refused.
Joe The Ghost Guy: The story of his final words was... was to come apart. I will see you then. start with
Joe The Ghost Guy: And the place where. he died. Okay. locations. associate. is sushi. suki to Salem. supernatural legend.
Joe The Ghost Guy: one of Salem's. Most. famous historic buildings. is the house. associated Good job. with Judge.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Jonathan Corwin today. has come to be known. There's the witch cow. It looks almost.
Joe The Ghost Guy: ordinary. It may be. That may be what makes it unsettling.
Joe The Ghost Guy: A wooden house. Dark shadows. Old Rose. a structure. There was. that has survived for centuries.
Joe The Ghost Guy: but Walk inside. And you were immediately. and reminded. of the world. back in 19, all right.
Joe The Ghost Guy: the world of 1692.
Joe The Ghost Guy: a world. were accusations of witchcraft Good. mean imprisonment. or even. death.
Joe The Ghost Guy: The house itself. is not a haunted house. in a traditional sense. of visitors and paranormal enthusiasts.
Joe The Ghost Guy: have long attached Ghost Stories. to Salem historic buildings. Some claim to have. Phil. Sun. cold sensations.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Others report hearing unexplained sounds. And some believe that. the emotional history. of the city was left kind of an imprint.
Joe The Ghost Guy: on the houses. on the places connected to the trails. Is that paranormal? Well... Or...
Joe The Ghost Guy: is that the so psychological way. of standing inside a building. Connected. to such Terrible history.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Perhaps. The answer depends. on what you believe. because Salem is a strange a Ability.
Joe The Ghost Guy: To make you wonder.
Joe The Ghost Guy: There's another place And say hello. where the past fills especially close. The old.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Byring Point Cemetery. established in the 17th century. It is one of Salem's oldest burial grounds. Walk amongst the stones.
Joe The Ghost Guy: and you encounter...
Joe The Ghost Guy: The names. from another world. People. who lived. and died. centuries ago. people who knew the men.
Joe The Ghost Guy: and the women. caught in the witchcraft crisis. people. whose lives existed before America was even a nation.
Joe The Ghost Guy: And then... There is a Realization. that the victims of the salem witch trails We're not buried here.
Joe The Ghost Guy: in a gram memorial graves. The condemned were often buried. and unmarked. or poorly.
Joe The Ghost Guy: documented locations. that uncertainty. was become became part of Salem's haunting atmosphere. Where exactly were all the victims buried?
Joe The Ghost Guy: Well happens to their what happened to their remains Did their families know? where they were. Late to rest? these questions create an entire mystery.
Joe The Ghost Guy: the history Cannot always completely. be answered. and where history... leaves an empty space.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Legend. Often. moves in.
Joe The Ghost Guy: a story from Salem. It's more disturbing. that of Giles Corey. Cory. was accused of witchcraft.
Joe The Ghost Guy: He refused to answer a plea. because of that roof refusal. He was subject to Press you.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Heavy stones were placed upon his body. more weight. was added. the pressure. continued. Then.
Joe The Ghost Guy: He died underneath. it And then... became the legend. some people. Claim that Corey placed a curse upon Salem.
Joe The Ghost Guy: According to the legend. he warned that if salem continued to mistreat innocent innocent innocent people. disaster. would follow.
Joe The Ghost Guy: where the curse was ever spoken exactly. as legend claims. as another matter. There is no reliable historical evidence.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Groove. approving that a supernatural the curse came from Giles Corey. But the story survived.
Joe The Ghost Guy: and over the centuries. people of Connected. later tragedies. to it. Fires. disasters.
Joe The Ghost Guy: misfortune to let you grew. and grew. and to today. disposed Curse.
Joe The Ghost Guy: of Charles Corey. remains one of salem's most chilling. pieces of folklore. Perhaps. Peace. because of the cursed was it really the frightening part.
Joe The Ghost Guy: the frightening part is what actually happened to him. a real man April. accusation A real.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Execution. no ghost story is needed to make. What? is horrifying.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Salem's Ghost Stories. extended. far beyond.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Historic Homes Hotels. cemeteries Museum. musics and old streets. Yep. all become associated.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Visitors have forwarding. seeing shadowy figures. Some say. food stocks. when nearby.
Joe The Ghost Guy: nobody those nearby.
Joe The Ghost Guy: others described. hearing voices. in their tea rooms. There are stories of doors opening. on their own.
Joe The Ghost Guy: objects. as supposed to be. being movement. in cold spots. appearing without explanation.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Have a good day.
Joe The Ghost Guy: the future. that people claim to see. Very cool. the person. standing at the end a woman.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Rest in peace. fashion So...
Joe The Ghost Guy: A dark figure. pureeing around. horror. a face glimpsing through a window When the witness looks again Nothing.
Joe The Ghost Guy: No one. Just an empty hallway. Just an empty stream. just an ordinary Empty room.
Joe The Ghost Guy: for someone are for anyone. Looking for sealers supernatural side. The cities.
Joe The Ghost Guy: historic hotels and ends. are often the center of ghost stories. and that makes sense. Hotels are places.
Joe The Ghost Guy: where people come and go. People arrived. People will leave. Some. become part of the history of building.
Joe The Ghost Guy: And sometimes... According to legend They never. Truly, Lee.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Guests have reported Strange noises. during the night. footsteps.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Footsteps moving through hallways. Doors opening or closing. the sensation That someone... one
Joe The Ghost Guy: stemming. beside the bed. some stories involved. operations. associated. with the former residents or visitors.
Joe The Ghost Guy: others. are far more or less specific.
Joe The Ghost Guy: a shadow. a voice. A sudden chill. A feeling of being watched. But here... where our story becomes And...
Joe The Ghost Guy: especially interesting. The paranormal investigators often say that Salem's history makes it difficult.
Joe The Ghost Guy: to separate. the supernatural. from explanation.
Joe The Ghost Guy: If you walk into an old room, Knowing someone one is supposedly died there. You may. interpreted.
Joe The Ghost Guy: every creek. differently. Every shadow becomes suspicious. Every cold breeze.
Joe The Ghost Guy: becomes a possible ghost. But that doesn't mean every experience is imaginary. It simply means Salem leaves us with the question.
Joe The Ghost Guy: What exactly? are people experiencing.
Joe The Ghost Guy: before we go any deeper. into the ghost story. We need to understand something. important. The Salem witch trials. were very real.
Joe The Ghost Guy: to suffering. It's very real. That fear. was very real. but many supernatural explanations attached to the events of .
Joe The Ghost Guy: where matters. of the legend. The folklore. or later. interpretation. Modern historians.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Yep. Hosed. numerous explanations for the strange symptoms experienced by the affected girls.
Joe The Ghost Guy: social tension. religious fear psychological factors. illness. Community conflict.
Joe The Ghost Guy: and mass hysteria. have all been discussed. but regardless of exactly why the egg egg accusation again.
Joe The Ghost Guy: the result. was devastating. Fear. became stronger than reason. And once that happened, bend.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Sailor. We can't. place. where accusation could be become. a punishment.
Joe The Ghost Guy: today. one of the most powerful places to visit. The Salem Witch Trials were Memorial. It is a quiet.
Joe The Ghost Guy: almost deliberately quiet. The emotional. Horrors. off. the memorable honors those who were accused.
Joe The Ghost Guy: and executed. their names. their lives. their deaths.
Joe The Ghost Guy: The... memorial is not a haunted attraction. does not need to be. standing there can be more disturbing than any Haunted house.
Joe The Ghost Guy: effect. because these weren't... if fictional characters. These were real. human beings. they had real families.
Joe The Ghost Guy: They had real homes. They had. ordinary lives. And then... they became accused.
Joe The Ghost Guy: and once accused their lives. Changed. forever. Imagine hearing someone one say your name.
Joe The Ghost Guy: in a crowded room. then imagine. that person. accusing you of witchcraft. Imagine.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Knowing the accusation could lead to your death. Imagine. Watching your neighbors. Believe it. Imagine re realizing.
Joe The Ghost Guy: There are many ways. to be no way to prove that you're innocence. That is the truth.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Horror of Salem.
Joe The Ghost Guy: the devil was everywhere. in the imagination There's seven. seven 17th century Salem.
Joe The Ghost Guy: to the people living through the crisis. Satan was not merely a character and a story. He represented the an actual supernatural threat.
Joe The Ghost Guy: The devil could tempt. The devil could... can deceive. the devil could supposedly make contact with their contact contracts contracts the devil can supposedly make contracts with witches.
Joe The Ghost Guy: and some people believe that the witches could work. with him. to harm others. and believe.
Joe The Ghost Guy: became one of the foundations of the crisis. Today, the idea seems frightening in a different way. because the devil did not need to appear.
Joe The Ghost Guy: He didn't need horns. He didn't need flames. All that was required. was for people to believe. He was already among them.
Joe The Ghost Guy: And suddenly... Everyone. could become. A suspect. Your neighbor.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Your friend. Your relative. and even. You.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Selah's modern attractions sometimes recreate the atmosphere of the witch trials. dark rooms.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Old wooden walls. Chains. Accusations Stories of Imprisonment but beneath the theatrical presentation is a much Darker history.
Joe The Ghost Guy: of reality. people. Really? were imprisoned. They suffered. in filthy conditions.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Some became sick. Some died before they were even on trial. Families were torn apart. Property was seized.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Reputations. were destroyed. and the fear didn't simply disappear. when the accusations ended. It took time.
Joe The Ghost Guy: for the community to realize What? It had done. Eventually, the trails collapsed. The accusations lost credibility. lost credibility And the people of Salem began.
Joe The Ghost Guy: to understand the terrible consequences of the panic.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Imagine. the night after the executions. The streets were dark. The courthouse was quiet. The prison doors were closed.
Joe The Ghost Guy: the cemetery is still. And somewhere... Families were grieving.
Joe The Ghost Guy: The hysteria. was beginning to fade. But this... Damage was already been done. 19 people.
Joe The Ghost Guy: We're dead. One man. was crushed. Many others have spent months imprisoned. Families have lost loved ones.
Joe The Ghost Guy: an entire community. Was been scared
Joe The Ghost Guy: an entire community. has been scarred. Now. Imagine walking through Salem centuries later. The buildings are different.
Joe The Ghost Guy: the clothing Yes, it's different. the streets. They're different as well. but the names remain. The stories. remain.
Joe The Ghost Guy: And perhaps that's why Salem... feels haunted. Not necessarily. because of Ghost. You're walking through the streets.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Because... The memory is.
Joe The Ghost Guy: There are countless stories I say alone. for figures. appearing in the window. A woman dressed in old clothing.
Joe The Ghost Guy: It plays. where A pale face behind glass. a silhouette. standing upstairs room.
Joe The Ghost Guy: The wind has looked away. then looks back. SON. Give you a reflection. the person inside the building.
Joe The Ghost Guy: A trick of life? Of course, absolutely. than imagined. Good night. at two o 'clock in the morning.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Imagine walking alone down an old ceiling street. the windows. windows I'm sorry.
Joe The Ghost Guy: The buildings are silent. and suddenly... There's a face staring down at you. Oof. Stop. The face disappears.
Joe The Ghost Guy: You stare at the window. Nothing. Just die. You continue walking and then... We hear trip scouts.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Behind you. You turn around. Nobody.
Joe The Ghost Guy: one of the most common categories. of the paranormal reports. evolves. shadowy human figures. Salem has its own of collection.
Joe The Ghost Guy: of such stories. A dark fin. figure crossing the hallway. A silhouette. appearing beside the doorway.
Joe The Ghost Guy: a person. standing in a room. who disappears when approached. these stories. or difficult to verify.
Joe The Ghost Guy: And there are... as many natural explanations for seeing shadows. in low light. but the human brain.
Joe The Ghost Guy: as remarkably sensitive to the shape of another person Even a coat hanging from a wall. can suddenly look like someone standing there.
Joe The Ghost Guy: yet. for the person experience in it. The fear. is very much real. and salem's old architecture provides endless opportunities for the imagination to fill.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Into the darkness.
Joe The Ghost Guy: few images or not. more closely associated was Salem. that of the hanging tree.
Joe The Ghost Guy: popular stories have claimed that the victims of the witch trials were executed underneath. Pacific trees.
Joe The Ghost Guy: but historical evidence could considering the exact execution site. is more. are complicated than popular legends suggest.
Joe The Ghost Guy: That. In certainty. was not. had not stopped the stories. because Salem... as one. has become a place where legends grow out.
Joe The Ghost Guy: grow around historical shadows. people. one to know where the executions happen. They want to stand where the condemned stood.
Joe The Ghost Guy: They want to touch the past. And perhaps... That is why stories. a fit of phantom figures and strange situations to surround places associated associated with executions.
Joe The Ghost Guy: The legend says the dead man remain.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Legends say the dead remain. history says the evidence is complicated. but somewhere Between. the two Salem ghost stories.
Joe The Ghost Guy: were born.
Joe The Ghost Guy: But there is a strange thing about Salem.
Joe The Ghost Guy: The ghosts... Or... necessary scariest part. the scariest part. is living.
Joe The Ghost Guy: People accused people. people believe in rumors. people watching their neighbors disappear. people standing silently.
Joe The Ghost Guy: well, incident people. were being condemned. the supernatural. may frighten us. That's Salem.
Joe The Ghost Guy: remains
Joe The Ghost Guy: us that human beings can Great. their own war No ghost needed. No demons. needed.
Joe The Ghost Guy: no curse. is required. Just. Absolute. Fear.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Now imagine... You're walking through Salem at night. The crowds are gone. the Souvenir shops are closed.
Joe The Ghost Guy: the streets. have become quiet. You pass the notes. cemetery Your footsteps echo. You hear the wind.
Joe The Ghost Guy: will be with you. between the buildings.
Joe The Ghost Guy: you look towards an old window. Nothing. You continue. Okay. to another street. to another house.
Joe The Ghost Guy: another dark doorway. Then you hear something. a footstep behind you. You step.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Say it. You start walking again. Another step. o Closer. You turn around.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Nobody. You laugh nervously. Maybe it was your imagination. So you continue. Okay.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Then you hear the woman's voice. Very faint. was too faint to understand. You stop. The voices come again.
Joe The Ghost Guy: You turn. towards the sound. fifteen Only darkness. And then you remember where you were. You're in Salem.
Joe The Ghost Guy: a city. built. upon stories. of accusation Death. okay Fear. And the very...
Joe The Ghost Guy: Scary. Supernatural. Suddenly. You didn't want to keep walking.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Maybe the real hunting Is it a ghost? Maybe it's just a memory. Even more. Every year.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Thousands of people. Come to see a room. Searching for witches. and ghost But beneath the costume... Oops. and candles. There's something much.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Much heavier. A warning. The Salem Witch Trials.
Joe The Ghost Guy: demonstrated. how quickly fear became certain. Help. Quickly. so superstition came.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Accusation. and how quickly Accusation. came or came violence. to listen.
Joe The Ghost Guy: is perhaps the most frightening. than any ghost story. Because ghosts. flung in the past. for the long for Fear belongs to every generation.
Joe The Ghost Guy: tonight. before we leave Salem. remember the names. remember the people. execute Remember the families.
Joe The Ghost Guy: who suffer. remember. Charles Corey. remember those who died in prison. in memory accused.
Joe The Ghost Guy: but survived. And remember... the people who later recognized that the accusations have been told. thee wrong History eventually turned against the trial.
Joe The Ghost Guy: the court. acknowledge the injustice. the people. O Salem. lived. with consequences.
Joe The Ghost Guy: but the stories. remained. And maybe... That is why the city Still feels like it's whispering. Not because of the dead necessarily you know among us.
Joe The Ghost Guy: What? the... because the dead. work. action. Very hard. asking us. not to forget.
Joe The Ghost Guy: So if you ever... Find yourself in Salem. after dark.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Take a walk. But pay attention. To the wind. Listen to the old buildings. Listen to the silence.
Joe The Ghost Guy: If you ever. her footsteps behind you. Don Emilia assumed It's a ghost. it become.
Joe The Ghost Guy: It is. It could become another visitor. It can be the wind. it could be your own footsteps echoing strangely through the street.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Or perhaps... It could be nothing. It could be something else. Something that's been waiting in Salem's shadows.
Joe The Ghost Guy: for more than three centuries. Something that remained. remembers. the fear. Something there. members the accusations.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Something that remembers. the condemned. condemned But if you suddenly feel as though someone is standing behind you.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Whatever you do. Don't turn around too quickly.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Because. sometimes. The scariest question. is it? Is there a ghost behind me? It's scary. question is what if there is
Joe The Ghost Guy: This has been... Salem. the shadows of witches a city where History. became legend.
Joe The Ghost Guy: Legend. became folklore. and folklore. became ghost stories. the lights are Going out now The streets are becoming quiet.
Joe The Ghost Guy: The cemetery. is waiting. And somewhere... in the darkness. Selam. Still remembering.
Joe The Ghost Guy: I hope you enjoyed this. episode.
Joe The Ghost Guy: of ghost stories. and the unusual paranormal podcast.
Joe The Ghost Guy: And I hope that... You have a wonderful time. And... OPA able to sleep. tonight
Joe The Ghost Guy: And. for Yours truly. Joe the Ghost Guy. I said goodnight. and whatever you do. don't fall <unk>
Joe The Ghost Guy: Until then.
Joe The Ghost Guy: This is Joe the Ghost Guy. sane enough. Adios. amigos.
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