HALLOWEEN BONUS: Puritan Defense Against the Dark Arts

For Halloween weekend, we're dropping some of our spookiest past episodes back into the feed. In this interview from August 2018, Dan Neff, curator of Dedham's 1637 Fairbanks House, shares evidence he’s uncovered of countermagic at the house. Generations of the Fairbanks family, perhaps spanning hundreds of years, used charms and hex marks in an attempt to ward off evil forces that might have included witches, demons, and even disease. Full show notes: http://www.hubhistory.com/episodes/puritan-countermagic-revisited-episode-178/