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Salem to WitchTok: How Fear Spreads in Digital America
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The Witches: Salem, 1692A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American ExperienceIn the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 169230 sources
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From colonial witch trials to viral hexes, discover how fear creates real symptoms and spreads through communities. Drawing on Stacy Schiff's historical research, Andrew Huberman's neuroscience, and modern WitchTok trends, this episode reveals the psychological patterns connecting Salem 1692 to today's digital witch hunts.

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