Episode Description
Alice Young was the first person executed for witchcraft in the American colonies, in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1647, before the Salem witch trials. Award-winning author Beth Caruso and playwright Lauren Cavanaugh join Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack to explore her story and the new play Windsor's Daughter that is bringing her life back into the light.
This conversation moves between historical research and present-day resonance, asking what it means to memorialize people whose graves were never marked, whose names faded from community memory, and whose persecution mirrors patterns still unfolding today.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Why Alice Young's 1647 execution changed American history
Why her name nearly vanished from history
What made Windsor, Connecticut, a powder keg
How a play brings her execution to the stage without showing it
Why there is no grave to visit
What the 2023 exoneration meant for her descendants
How her story connects to persecution happening today
Where to follow Windsor's Daughter as it finds its stage
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Links
Author Beth Caruso at OneofWindsor.com https://www.oneofwindsor.com/
Playwright Lauren Cavanaugh https://hartford.culturalyst.com/CavanaughLMC
Connecticutwitchtrials.org https://connecticutwitchtrials.org/
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