<p>Martha Carrier was dubbed the “Queen in Hell.” We trace how her 1692 witchcraft case expanded into a royal family saga. The episode outlines her arrest, trial, and execution, then follows the accusations and confessions that swept through multiple connected relatives and in-laws in the Allen, Ingalls, Toothaker, Carrier, Dane, and Johnson branches, showing how family ties and reputation intensified the crisis in Andover.</p><p>00:00 Welcome to Salem Witch Trials Daily + Today’s focus: Martha Carrier</p><p>00:37 From Billerica to Andover: Outsiders, smallpox blame, and suspicion</p><p>01:03 Accusation to execution: warrants, “Queen in Hell,” and the trial timeline</p><p>01:51 The Ingalls family web: a dynasty of accusations (and a surprising descendant)</p><p>02:19 Immediate circle: Toothakers, testimony, and family turning on family</p><p>02:47 Martha’s children arrested: coerced confessions and brutal pressure</p><p>03:13 The Dane connection: Reverend Francis Dane and the Johnson/Faulkner cases</p><p>04:32 Not just one “Queen in Hell”: how kinship networks were dismantled</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://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/week-5-blog-the-framework-of-death/"><u>Salem Witch Trials Daily Course Week 5: The Framework of Death</u></a><u></u></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/90227/9780190627805"><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://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/90227/9781603095600"><u>Ben Wickey, </u><em>More Weight: A Salem Story</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><p><a href="https://www.colonialsociety.org/node/1188"><u>The Sermon Notebook of Samuel Parris, 1689–1694 - Colonial Society of Massachusetts</u></a></p><p><br><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781594164378"><u>Richard Hite, </u><em>In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692</em></a></p>

The Thing About Salem

Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack

The Queen in Hell and her Royal Family: Martha Carrier's Kinship Network

FEB 15, 20265 MIN
The Thing About Salem

The Queen in Hell and her Royal Family: Martha Carrier's Kinship Network

FEB 15, 20265 MIN

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<p>Martha Carrier was dubbed the “Queen in Hell.” We trace how her 1692 witchcraft case expanded into a royal family saga. The episode outlines her arrest, trial, and execution, then follows the accusations and confessions that swept through multiple connected relatives and in-laws in the Allen, Ingalls, Toothaker, Carrier, Dane, and Johnson branches, showing how family ties and reputation intensified the crisis in Andover.</p><p>00:00 Welcome to Salem Witch Trials Daily + Today’s focus: Martha Carrier</p><p>00:37 From Billerica to Andover: Outsiders, smallpox blame, and suspicion</p><p>01:03 Accusation to execution: warrants, “Queen in Hell,” and the trial timeline</p><p>01:51 The Ingalls family web: a dynasty of accusations (and a surprising descendant)</p><p>02:19 Immediate circle: Toothakers, testimony, and family turning on family</p><p>02:47 Martha’s children arrested: coerced confessions and brutal pressure</p><p>03:13 The Dane connection: Reverend Francis Dane and the Johnson/Faulkner cases</p><p>04:32 Not just one “Queen in Hell”: how kinship networks were dismantled</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://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/week-5-blog-the-framework-of-death/"><u>Salem Witch Trials Daily Course Week 5: The Framework of Death</u></a><u></u></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/90227/9780190627805"><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://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/90227/9781603095600"><u>Ben Wickey, </u><em>More Weight: A Salem Story</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><p><a href="https://www.colonialsociety.org/node/1188"><u>The Sermon Notebook of Samuel Parris, 1689–1694 - Colonial Society of Massachusetts</u></a></p><p><br><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781594164378"><u>Richard Hite, </u><em>In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692</em></a></p>