<p>In this episode of Salem Witch Trials Daily, we cover Wednesday, March 30, 1692, when Rachel Clinton—arrested the day before—was slated for examination, though no record of that hearing survives. We focus on three depositions made against her that day: Thomas Burnam Jr. describes watching for a cow-milker he associates with Clinton and claims the figure vanished and later turned into a gray cat; Mary Fuller Sr. recounts Clinton confronting her at home amid a crisis involving her niece Betty Fuller, who later indicated Clinton was responsible; and Thomas Knowlton Jr. reports an incident at the John Rogers household involving demands for food, insults, a thrown stone followed by severe toe pain, and earlier claims about his daughter being harmed by Clinton’s specter. We also discuss how wartime language and imagery appear in these records.</p><p>00:00 Welcome and Date</p><p>00:15 Rachel Clinton Arrested</p><p>00:43 Burnam Cow Milking Tale</p><p>01:36 Fuller Family Accusation</p><p>02:42 Knowlton Confrontation</p><p>03:40 Specter Pricking Threats</p><p>04:03 Warfare Imagery Context</p><p>04:30 Closing Reflections</p><p><a href="https://change.org/witchtrials"><u>Sign the petition to exonerate Massachusetts witch trial victims</u></a></p><p><a href="https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator"><u>Find My Massachusetts Legislators</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCliis4vjMIUgg3wcA0pXeYQ/"><em>The Thing About Witch Hunts / About Salem</em><u> YouTube channel</u></a></p><p><a href="https://aboutsalem.com/salem-witch-trials-daily/"><u>⁠Salem Witch Trials Daily Hub</u></a></p><p><a href="https://aboutsalem.com/salem-witch-trials-daily-course-week-2-salem-village-divided/"><u>⁠</u></a><a href="https://aboutsalem.com"><em>The Thing About Salem</em></a></p><p><a href="https://aboutwitchhunts.com"><em>⁠The Thing About Witch Hunts</em></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781107689619"><u>⁠</u></a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780375706905"><u>Mary Beth Norton, </u><em>In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692</em></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781107689619"><u>Bernard Rosenthal, ed., </u><em>Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt</em></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780190627805"><u>⁠Emerson W. Baker, </u><em>A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience</em></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781589791329"><u>⁠Marilynne K. Roach, </u><em>The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege</em></a></p><p><a href="https://pem.quartexcollections.com/collections/salem-witch-trials-collection"><u>Peabody Essex Museum Salem Witch Trials Collection</u></a></p>