Witchcraft in New England folklore

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Witchcraft in New England folklore has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Morbid. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Ash KelleyCo-host of the true crime podcast Morbid

  • Kelley reported that Andrea Perron and local historians now consider Bathsheba Sherman unfairly maligned by history and by the Warrens.

    “essentially Bathsheba copped the blame for everything evil, and it simply wasn't the case”

    Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:22

  • Kelley recounted the local legend that Bathsheba Sherman, a former resident, was believed to be a witch who sacrificed a child to Satan in exchange for power.

    “she was said to be in league with the devil and had sacrificed a child to Satan in exchange for power”

    Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 54:41

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Alaina UrquhartCo-host of Morbid, autopsy technician and author of the Butcher novels

  • Urquhart said that given the reported events she too would have concluded something terrible had happened in the house.

    “I might say I might that might be my first thought, too, is like, you know what? I bet somebody did do some fucked up shit like that”

    Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 55:42

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Podcasts

Episodes

  • The Perron Family Haunting

    Morbid · Apr 2, 2026 · 1 h 8 min

    Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart recount the Perron family's decade of alleged hauntings in a Harrisville, Rhode Island farmhouse that inspired The Conjuring.