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Did You Hear What Happened in Salem?
- Author
- Katie Kennedy
- Narrator
- Sheree Galpert
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 2 September 2025
- Run Time
- 5 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1692. When the first girl fell down screaming, the people of Salem Village thought it might just be silliness. Then a second girl started barking. A third and fourth began to shake uncontrollably. A doctor said “an evil hand” had come upon the girls, and everyone knew: They were bewitched.
But who were the witches? Everyone knew that too: the unprotected residents of Salem—the poor, the elderly, the ones who were a little bit strange. Soon more girls were having fits and naming people as witches. The village erupted in accusations, suspicion, and fear. By the time the witch trials ended, dozens of lives had been ruined, and twenty people were dead.
And I saw it all.
With a snarky and surprising first-person narrator – a historical figure that played a major role in events – acclaimed writer Katie Kennedy offers a fresh new take on the greatest true-crime story in American history.
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- Author
- Katie Kennedy
- Narrator
- Sheree Galpert
- Duration
- 5 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9781668652442
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Celebrations, holidays, festivals and special events
Synopsis
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1692. When the first girl fell down screaming, the people of Salem Village thought it might just be silliness. Then a second girl started barking. A third and fourth began to shake uncontrollably. A doctor said “an evil hand” had come upon the girls, and everyone knew: They were bewitched. But who were the witches? Everyone knew that too: the unprotected residents of Salem—the poor, the elderly, the ones who were a little bit strange. Soon more girls were having fits and naming people as witches. The village erupted in accusations, suspicion, and fear. By the time the witch trials ended, dozens of lives had been ruined, and twenty people were dead. And I saw it all. With a snarky and surprising first-person narrator – a historical figure that played a major role in events – acclaimed writer Katie Kennedy offers a fresh new take on the greatest true-crime story in American history.
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