Episode 5 - Examinations

Witch Hunt - history told in music, sound, and story

The three suspected witches are now in custody in Salem Village and are publicly examined by colonial magistrates at the Meeting House. The first two suspects, local beggar woman Sarah Good and the scandalous but frail Sarah Osborn, deny being witches and blame others. The third suspect, Rev. Parris' Native American slave Tituba, begins like the others by denying the charges. However she soon changes her story and weaves a kaleidoscopic narrative full of fantastic characters that enthralls the village. Everyone is amazed with wonder but also struck with fear at the potential size of the witch conspiracy, which now seems much larger than the usual small handful of suspects that New Englanders are used to.
The actual 1692 written accounts of these three examinations are used as the primary source for the script of this episode.
All music written by Brian O'Connell - www.brianvoconnell.com
Episode 5 Parts:

Part I - Gathering Storm
Part II - Witches Teats, Magistrates Arrive, Meeting House
Part III - Examination of Sarah Good
Part IV - Examination of Sarah Osborn
Part V - Examination of Sarah Tituba
Part VI - The Familiars
Part VII - The storm begins to spread (Gathering Storm Reprise)
Brian O'Connell - voice, guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, bass guitar, upright bass, keyboards, synthesizers
Milo - screams
Recorded at Studio Vinniechops
Mixed, Edited, Mastered by Brian O'Connell

History Sources
“The Salem Witch Trials – A Day-By-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege” by Marilynne K. Roach, Taylor Trade Publishing, 2002
"A Storm of Witchcraft - The Salem Witch Trials and the American Experience“ by Emerson W. Baker, Oxford University Press, 2015
"In the Devil's Snare - The Salem Witchcraft Crisis" by Mary Beth Norton, Vintage Books, 2002
Salem Witch Trials - Documentary Archive and Transcription Project - University of Virginia - https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n125.html

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