Alice ‘Alse’ Young: America’s First Executed Witch

Lindsay and Madison discuss the first American witch, Alice Young, as well as how easy it was to be a scapegoat, that there were a million and one Johns, and how being first at something isn’t always super great. Information for Lindsay’s story was pulled from the following sources: 2021 Connecticut History article 2019 Hartford Courant article by Norma Buchanan 2019 Legends of America article by Beth M Caruso 2017 Wednesdays Women article by Sandy Levins 2014 Damned Connecticut article by Ray Bendici 1904 Hartford Courant article by Annie Eliot Trumbull Find a Grave Geni (1) (2) Be sure to listen to our friends Alecia and Sierra at Twisted and Uncorked podcast. Get all the ingredients you need in as fast as 1 hour with Instacart. Plus, free delivery on your first order of $10+. Become a member on Buy Me A Coffee for as little as $1/month to support the show.  You can write to us at: Ye Olde Crime Podcast, PO Box 341, Wyoming, MN 55092. Join the conversation over at the Cultiv8 Discord and join the Olde Crimers Cubby to chat with us and other listeners of the show. Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Spotify, Podcast Addict, Audible, or Goodpods! Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices