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In the fourth episode of season 3, Kendra brings you to The Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers, Massachusetts. The home was the final home of Rebecca Nurse, an older religious woman accused and executed on the charges of being a witch. By learning Rebecca’s story, we better understand the events that led to the death of 20 people in the Salem Witch Trials, including her sister Mary Easty.
Thank you to Kathryn Rutkowski for the tour. The Rebecca Nurse Homestead is a volunteer-run historic home. If you’re interested in taking a tour learn more about their hours on The Rebecca Nurse Homestead website.
If you want to read more about the Salem Witch Trials, I’d highly recommend Marilyn K Roach’s The Salem Witch Trials and Emerson Baker’s A Storm of Witchcraft, which were both used to research this episode.
Images of the property can be found below. You can find a full transcript of this episode.
The music for our show is by Tim Cahill. Check out his album, Songs From a Bedroom.
If you like this episode and want to hear other episodes like it check out: The House of the Seven Gables, The Homes of Harriet Jacobs, and The Greenwood District in Tulsa OK.
Below is a transcript for S3E4 of Someone Lived Here at The Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers, Massachusetts. If you have any questions about the show or suggestions on how to make it more accessible please reach out at someonelivedhere@gmail.com.
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