Troy Taylor

Or was he? From history to hauntings to the darkest legends and lore that date back to the very beginnings of our nation, this is American Hauntings.

And it's written and performed by Troy Taylor, that's me, and it's produced and co-hosted by Cody Beck as part of the American Hauntings Podcast Network.

This season, we're traveling back in time to Chicago during the Roaring Twenties.

An era of Al Capone, rival gangsters, jazz flappers, bootleg booze, speakeasies, gambling joints, dirty politicians, corrupt cops, and of course the ghosts those violent days left behind.

Well, I'd like to give a quick shout out to our new Patreon supporters.

So thank you very much for supporting the show to Kathleen, Chris, Kate, Jenny, Natalie, and Carrie.

And Troy, you're doing some crazy stuff on YouTube.

The Patriot, I feel like.

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Today on The Grave Talks, a conversation about one night in Salem, the hidden history of the American witch, a new book by Troy Taylor.

In his new book, Troy Taylor reveals the hidden history of the American witch, looking back to when witchcraft came to America with the first European settlers.

They had fled from home at a time when thousands were being accused, tortured, hanged, and burned for being witches.

They came to America for a fresh start and brought that fear of witches with them.

That fear and dread became hysteria when evil came to Salem Village, fueling hostility, distrust, and religious fanaticism that claimed the lives of innocent people on the gallows.

But Salem was not the end of America's obsession with witchcraft.

I'm Carol Hughes, and on this episode of The Grave Talks, we'll look back on the hidden history of the American witch and how it continues today with author Troy Taylor.

From history to hauntings to the darkest legends and lore that date back to the very beginnings of our country, this is American Hauntings.

And it's written and performed by Troy Taylor.

That's me.

And it's produced and co-hosted by Cody Beck as part of the American Hauntings Podcast Network.

To say thanks for all your support, we've got that discount code that I know that a lot of you use, and that's just one word, it's PODCAST.

That gives you 10% off any books, tours, or events you purchase from our online store, which you'll find at AmericanHauntings.net. You'll also find a link there to Cody's Shirt Store, where you can use the same discount.

And that store is AmericanHauntingsClothing.com. Now, this episode of the American Hauntings podcast was written and narrated by Troy Taylor, and it was produced and edited by, well, Troy Taylor because Cody's dog ate his computer.

So to find out more about the show, check out the show notes or go to the website at AmericanHauntedPodcast.com. You can find out more about the podcast network there, or you can reach out to us with comments, questions, suggestions, and more.

Eight Strange Cases of Mass Hysteria was posted at the Occult Museum.

And The Vanished Cadet was written by Troy Taylor.

And now that we're coming out of the dark, I'll leave you with a little light.

Psalm 55, verses 16 and 17.

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The Man in the Green Pajamas was written by Troy Taylor and Lisa Taylor Horton.

Tiny Apartment, Big Presence was written by Katz Whiskers.

A Day That Began with Death, The Hoskin Family Murders of 1919 was written by John Brasser, Jr. and The Entity Haunting – The True Story of Doris Bither was written by Xavier Ortega.

So I've always suspected that John Moore somehow had his hand in the murders.

I also, there's another person that, so Troy Taylor is another author that I interviewed for the book.

And he goes into the idea that William Borden, who has been sort of pushed aside by historians as someone that should not be considered someone of interest.

But I think he was.

From history to hauntings to the darkest legends and lore that date back to the very beginnings of our nation, this is American Hauntings.

And it's written and performed by Troy Taylor.

That's me.

And it's pro-hosted.

Thanks everyone for sticking around for a little bit after the show.

I'm not sure this really qualifies much as a post-mortem, but we'll say that it does.

This is Troy Taylor, and you've got just me this week.

Cody is fine, physically, anyway, probably mentally too, although I believe that his dog may be holding him hostage, so that may turn into a situation later on.