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Marichgen Ariaensdr. of Schoonhoven
Marichgen Ariaensdr., a herbalist of Schoonhoven, was arrested on 4 October 1591 after a crowd gathered over a boy said to be bewitched. Court officials sentenced her on 18 December 1591.
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The 1924 Mars radio silence
In August 1924, when Mars passed close to Earth, the US Navy ordered the country's radio stations quiet for a five-minute pause every hour from 21 to 24 August, so listeners could pick up any signal from Mars.
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The Brocken goat experiment
On 17 June 1932, psychic researcher Harry Price staged a ritual on the Brocken in Germany's Harz Mountains. The aim was a goat transformed into a young man, and reporters were invited.
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The Brown v. Spofford mesmerism trial
In Salem, Massachusetts, in May 1878, a court heard a complaint that Spofford was using mesmerism to harm Lucretia Brown. Mary Baker Eddy and 21 followers came to testify.
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The Pendle witches hanged at Lancaster
A group from the Pendle area, convicted of witchcraft at a trial lasting two days, were hanged on 20 August 1612 at Lancaster's Gallows Hill.
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The abandoned brig Resolven
HMS Mallard, a Royal Navy ship, found the brig Resolven abandoned off Newfoundland in August 1884, her lifeboat gone and her crew never seen again.
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The death of Edmund Gurney
Edmund Gurney, psychical researcher and co-author of Phantasms of the Living, was found to have died at the Albion Hotel in Brighton on 23 June 1888, after taking too much chloroform.
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The examination of Martha Carrier
Judges examined Martha Carrier on 31 May 1692 over a witchcraft accusation in Salem Village. This was a preliminary hearing, and the accusing girls fell to the floor when she entered, according to Wikipedia.
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The examination of Rebecca Nurse
On 24 March 1692, Rebecca Nurse, aged seventy, was examined on a charge of witchcraft in the Salem Village meeting house before a crowd.
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The execution of Anna Göldi
Anna Göldi, a Swiss housemaid, was beheaded at Glarus on 13 June 1782 after a conviction for bewitching her employer's daughter. Glarus cleared her name in 2008.
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The first Salem witchcraft warrants
On 29 February 1692, warrants were issued in Salem Village for Good, Osborne and Tituba, after a complaint of suspected witchcraft. The complaint named four people of the village as harmed: Elizabeth Hubert, Anna Putnam, Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Parris.
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