S1 – 12: Making Amends

Our interview with Emerson Baker, interim dean and history professor at Salem State University and author of A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener fo ...  Show more

Our interview with Mary Beth Norton, professor of American history at Cornell University and author of In the Devil’s Snare. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In 1993, four people gathered in a dark basement in Scole, England, hoping to communicate with the dead. What followed was five years of unexplained phenomena that challenged scientific understanding. Strange lights danced in the darkness. Objects materialized from thin air. Phot ...  Show more

For as long as humans have sailed the seas, they have feared the deadly predators lurking just beneath the waves. But what if the most terrifying monster wasn’t a known species, but an ancient ghost of impossible size, a creature science says has been extinct for millions of y ...

A driver sees a strange light floating above an empty road at night. At the same time, a researcher works on a machine to contact the dead.These events might seem unrelated, but they're part of humanity's long-standing interest in the supernatural. People have always been curious ...  Show more

Here’s the scene. You’re driving down a secluded road. The only lights come from your headlights. The only sounds you hear are crickets and the hum of the engine. Suddenly, a mysterious orb of light appears in the distance, floating a few feet above the ground. You get the sense ...  Show more