<p>Alice Young was the first person executed for witchcraft in the American colonies, in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1647, before the Salem witch trials. Award-winning author Beth Caruso and playwright Lauren Cavanaugh join Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack to explore her story and the new play Windsor&#39;s Daughter that is bringing her life back into the light.</p><p>This conversation moves between historical research and present-day resonance, asking what it means to memorialize people whose graves were never marked, whose names faded from community memory, and whose persecution mirrors patterns still unfolding today.</p><p>WHAT YOU WILL LEARN</p><ul><li><p>Why Alice Young&#39;s 1647 execution changed American history</p></li><li><p>Why her name nearly vanished from history</p></li><li><p>What made Windsor, Connecticut, a powder keg</p></li><li><p>How a play brings her execution to the stage without showing it</p></li><li><p>Why there is no grave to visit</p></li><li><p>What the 2023 exoneration meant for her descendants</p></li><li><p>How her story connects to persecution happening today</p></li><li><p>Where to follow Windsor&#39;s Daughter as it finds its stage</p></li></ul><p>Links</p><p><a href="https://www.oneofwindsor.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Author Beth Caruso at </a><a href="http://oneofwindsor.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">OneofWindsor.com</a> <a href="https://www.oneofwindsor.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.oneofwindsor.com/</a></p><p><a href="https://hartford.culturalyst.com/CavanaughLMC" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Playwright Lauren Cavanaugh</a> https://hartford.culturalyst.com/CavanaughLMC</p><p><a href="https://connecticutwitchtrials.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Connecticutwitchtrials.org</a> <a href="https://connecticutwitchtrials.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://connecticutwitchtrials.org/</a></p><p><a href="https://connecticutwitchtrials.org/witch-hunt-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Listen to more CT Witch Trials Podcast Episodes</a> https://connecticutwitchtrials.org/witch-hunt-podcast/</p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/lists/connecticut-witch-trials" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Support the Podcast Buy a Witch Trial History Book!</a> https://bookshop.org/lists/connecticut-witch-trials</p>