They broke the bread…and cursed the village. But what if the true poison lay not in spells, but in the soil?
In this episode of The Forgotten Familiar, we uncover the dark history of ergotism, a deadly grain mold blamed on witchcraft, and the way ordinary kitchen rituals became evidence of sinister magic. From medieval France’s “Holy Fire” outbreaks to murmurings in 1692 Salem, we trace how fear turned women who baked and healed into scapegoats for an invisible toxin.
🌾 Dive into folklore, trial records, and the science behind the “Holy Fire.”
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Let the old ways rise again.
Music by Yevhenii Kovalenko from Pixabay
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