The Crushing Death of Giles Corey of Salem, 1692 | In ...
2020-10-30 · Recently, I posted on this blog a piece about the use of "spectral evidence" during the Salem witch trials, in which I mentioned that 19 people died by hanging, and one person died from being crushed to death.The victim of this latter cause of death was a farmer named Giles Corey rey, an 81-year-old man who lived in the southwest corner of Salem village, stood accused of witchcraft, and ...
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