John Proctor
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Nov 1, 2026
Fidel MedinaHOST
I like kind of saw the similarities.
Fidel MedinaHOST
So Winona Ryder, it plays this character who's in love with this man named John Proctor, but he's married.
Fidel MedinaHOST
And then this hysteria starts happening in their village where women are getting accused of witchcraft, and they burn them or hang them.
Fidel MedinaHOST
Christians are wild.
Georgia HardstarkHOST
She's not flying around on a broom every fucking night, you know.
Georgia HardstarkHOST
You may remember her character as well as John Proctor's from the play The Crucible.
Georgia HardstarkHOST
John is brought into all of this when one of his young servants starts experiencing symptoms and starts leveling accusations at both him and his wife, Elizabeth.
Georgia HardstarkHOST
In The Crucible, he's traditionally viewed as the hero, although that's changed in recent years, the one with all the integrity.
Georgia HardstarkHOST
true.
Georgia HardstarkHOST
Ultimately, after expressing all this disbelief, John is accused as well.
Georgia HardstarkHOST
And there's also a play now called John Proctor is the Villain, which was recently on Broadway.
Georgia HardstarkHOST
Kind of cool.
Scott RankSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Salem began as a limited witch hunt aimed at notorious women.
Scott RankSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The local magistrates, John Hawthorne, Jonathan Corwin, and Bartholomew Genny, presided over the first phase of examinations.
Scott RankSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Beginning with Sarah Good, Hawthorne interrogated the defendants in an attempt to force confessions.
Scott RankSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Questions led with an assumption of guilt.
Scott RankSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
One identified was Dorothy Good, Sarah's four-year-old daughter, then Martha Corey, a member of Samuel Parish's church, and Rebecca Nurse, a widely respected matriarch and member of the nearby Salem Town Church and a grandmother in the community.
Scott RankSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Those who acted as if they were afflicted multiplied.
Scott RankSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Adults began to suffer fits, including Anne's mother and Tituba's husband, and the fit spread to Mary Warren, the servant of John and Elizabeth Proctor.
Scott RankSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
John Proctor responded by beating her, which seemed to cure her of the problem, and he said that if he were left alone with Tituba's husband, John Indian, he could beat the devil out of him as well.
Daniel FoxxHOST
If I, I've thought about this a lot because if I...
Daniel FoxxHOST
John Proctor.
Daniel FoxxHOST
Goodie Winkle.
Daniel FoxxHOST
Goodie Winkle.
Daphne WoolsoncroftHOST
I lost it.
Daphne WoolsoncroftHOST
John Proctor.
Daphne WoolsoncroftHOST
That was good.
Charlotte LongHOST
Oh, my God.
Charlotte LongHOST
And they just followed the Bible and they were truly just so terrified of their higher power.
Charlotte LongHOST
And so they just, anything that, you know, went against any of that was just like... adulterer lechery so
Daphne WoolsoncroftHOST
the wearing the letter a on you was one option another very public way to punish somebody who committed lechery or adultery was a public whipping as many as 40 lashings like imagine wanting to see that like this is again like you said earlier this is literally your reality tv hey girl let's go watch john proctor get whipped in the town square like imagine wanting to see that i mean even the fact that they did public hangings during the trials That's horrific.
Daphne WoolsoncroftHOST
Like your whole entire village would just watch you get hung.
Rob PottorfHOST
Karma.
Kris CalvertHOST
On July 23rd, John Proctor appeals to the ministers in Boston, criticizing the proceedings that are happening in Salem.
Kris CalvertHOST
And he asks for outside intervention.
Kris CalvertHOST
It's like, guys, you got to get in here and help us, please.
Kris CalvertHOST
Yeah.
Kris CalvertHOST
In August between the 2nd and the 6th, the court tries and convicts George Burroughs, George Jacobs Sr., Martha Carrier, John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, and John Willard.
Kris CalvertHOST
And they also arrest Margaret Scott around August 5th.
Kris CalvertHOST
And when she's examined, it's determined that she afflicted Francis Wickham and Mary Daniel.
KatHOST
Mm-mm-mm.
WilliamHOST
John Proctor, a prosperous farmer and tavern owner, saw danger in the proceedings early on.
WilliamHOST
He criticized the affected girls and the reliance on their testimony.
WilliamHOST
Proctor was not a detached observer.
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WilliamHOST
The hangings took place in groups.
WilliamHOST
After Bridget Bishop in June came the five executions on July 19th, including Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Goode.
WilliamHOST
John Proctor and four others were hanged in August.
WilliamHOST
Martha Corey, Alice Parker, Mary Essie, Ann Puditer, and others were executed in September.
Julianne BoydHOST
Days later, on March 3rd of 1692, Ann Putnam Jr. will make another four accusations.
Julianne BoydHOST
Elizabeth Proctor and her husband John Proctor.
Julianne BoydHOST
They promptly get thrown in Salem Jail.
Julianne BoydHOST
The next one is where I'm going to break your heart.
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Julianne BoydHOST
Martha Carrier and her age is debatable.
Julianne BoydHOST
It's somewhere between 42 and 49.
Julianne BoydHOST
John Proctor, approximately 60 years old.
Julianne BoydHOST
John Willard, about 35 years old.
Roger FarrellyHOST
I was the lead.
Roger FarrellyHOST
John Proctor.
Bryce CaseyHOST
So it was a new one.
Roger FarrellyHOST
Off the press from Arthur Miller there, Rogi.
Bryce CaseyHOST
Arthur Miller wrote that?
Roger FarrellyHOST
Yeah.
Roger FarrellyHOST
So I was John Proctor.
Roger FarrellyHOST
I was the lead.
Mae ShultsGUEST
But, like, how many of those men do you think were actually queer men?
Amanda Jane SternHOST
No, actually, most of what it was, was you kind of get caught up in like, so John Proctor is a good example, that he gets accused and his wife gets accused.
Amanda Jane SternHOST
And the whole family just ends up getting accused.
Amanda Jane SternHOST
So it really, when you actually go back to the documents of the witch hunts, it's not, and I can't look at it and say this person might have been queer and this one might have also been.
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