20: There's Something Witchy About This Tree and A Grave Situation

Where Our Minds Wander

Sep 22, 2022•30 min•Ep. 20

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Beth stops by the Witches' Tree in Louisville, Kentucky on her journey through the historical connection between trees and witches. Wes tells the harrowing, true (?) tale of Margorie McCall, otherwise known as The Lady of the Ring, who was buried alive in 1695. Or was she?

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Sources:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/witches-tree

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch%27s_broom

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Trees-Plants-used-in-Witchcraft/#:~:text=Many%20plant%2Dbased%20myths%20seem,%2C%20by%20default%2C%20with%20Witchcraft.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/witches-marks-and-other-tree-etchings-offer-window-english-past-180976003/

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2016/12/20/twisted-old-louisville-tree-enchants-visitors/93965516/

https://streetsofsalem.com/2013/10/17/witches-and-trees/

https://www.disneyfanatic.com/8-facts-pirates-caribbean-ride-thatll-saying-yo-go/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46026619

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