{"id":6413,"date":"2019-09-29T19:06:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T00:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=6413"},"modified":"2019-09-29T19:06:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T00:06:58","slug":"travel-channel-reveals-a-towns-descent-into-madness-and-the-true-story-of-americas-most-infamous-witch-hunt-in-networks-first-docudrama-witches-of-salem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/29\/travel-channel-reveals-a-towns-descent-into-madness-and-the-true-story-of-americas-most-infamous-witch-hunt-in-networks-first-docudrama-witches-of-salem\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Channel Reveals a Town&#8217;s Descent Into Madness and the True Story of America&#8217;s Most Infamous Witch Hunt in Network&#8217;s First Docudrama, &#8220;Witches of Salem&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6412\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/witches-of-salem.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/witches-of-salem.jpg 581w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/witches-of-salem-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/witches-of-salem-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/witches-of-salem-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/witches-of-salem-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/>At a time when &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; has burst back into our national vocabulary, Travel Channel presents a terrifying chapter in America&#8217;s history, the relevancy of which cannot be overlooked in the four-part docudrama, &#8220;<strong><em>Witches of Salem<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; beginning on Sunday, October 6 at 10PM ET\/PT. In examining the mass hysteria that gripped Salem at that time, the series reveals how extreme beliefs can completely change how communities collectively think and, in this case, fatally act. Based upon original transcripts from witnesses at the Salem Witch Trials and layered with expert interviews from historians and authors, &#8220;<em>Witches of Salem<\/em>&#8221; unravels the true story of palpable evil that the residents of this otherwise sleepy Massachusetts village endured in 1692. 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