willard is one of the other ministers that samuel willard is another minister. andnticipates the crisis writes one book and will write another one afterwards. brian: another video clip, monty python and the holy grail. let's watch a this and get your reaction to it. >> what do you do with witches? >> good. [indiscernible] >> can you may bridges out of stone? wood sink in water? >> what also floats and water? >> apples. >> cherries. >> mud. >> lead. >> a duck. >> exactly. ghs thely, if she wei same as a duck, she is made of wood and therefore -- a witch. >> witch! [laughter] brian: you admit from time to time, no one is really figured all of this out? it will never get to the minds of the first afflicted girls, what were they linking and feeling? what is a had a was not in evil spell upon them. don't you want to discuss at that? it is genius, don't you think? the other joy of being able to accuse someone of witchcraft. whatever you want to call it. and also the science behind it. when you mentioned cotton mather , with the fascinations are these men are witchcraf

stacy: semi willard is one of the other ministers that samuel willard is another minister. he anticipates the crisis and writes one book and will write another one afterwards. brian: another video clip, monty python and the holy grail. let's watch this and get your reaction to it. >> what do you do with witches? >> good. why do witches burn? >> because they're made of wood? >> good. how do we tell whether she is made of wood? >> build a bridge out of her. >> can you not also make a bridge out of stone? >> yes. >> does a would sink in water? >> no, it floats. >> what also floats? >> bread, apples. churches. a duck. a -- >> exactly. >> if she was the same as a duck , she's made of wood. >> and therefore? >> a witch. [laughter] brian: you admit from time to time, no one is really figured all of this out? stacy: we will never get into the minds of the first afflicted girls, what were they linking -- what were they thinking and feeling? what they had and was not in evil spell upon them. don't you want to discuss at that? it is genius, don't you think? the joy of being able to ac

willard is one of the other ministers that samuel willard is another minister.e anticipates the crisis and writes one book and will write another one afterwards. he anticipates the crisis. brian: another video clip, "monty python and the holy grail." let's watch a this and get your reaction to it. >> what do you do with witches? >> burn them! >> with you burn apartment which is? >> more which is. >> why do witches burn? >> because they are made of wood? >> good. how do we tell if she is made of wood? >> make a bridge out of her. >> can you make bridges out of stone? >> does wood sink in water? >> no. >> it floats. into the fire! >> what also floats and water? >> apples. >> very small rocks. >> cherries. >> mud. >> churches. >> lead. >> a duck. >> exactly. so logically, if she weighs the same as a duck, she is made of wood. >> and therefore -- itch!whic [laughter] brian: you admit from time to time, no one is really figured all of this out? stacy: it will never get to the minds of the first afflicted girls. what were they linking and feeling? -- thinking and feel

amid a published minister's published sermon, samuel willard in boston simply skipped over the summerat he never delivered a sermon that summer. we have in typescript, 1692 has gone missing. samuel paris did not record the deaths of people who hang, only people who died of natural causes or indian incidents that summer so the trial papers disappeared all those that happened later and we don't know the circumstances of it. there is a strange conspiracy, there is truly a blanket of shame that falls on the entire episode that is clear from other research -- recriminations and fighting after words but it was an orchestrated attempt at remaining silent and hoping you could erase history. it is an event no one is comfortable speaking about until several generations after it happened. >> wonderful lecture, thank you. i wanted to ask quickly with any thought given to organic causes like tetanus? you mentioned nails or causing seizures or possibly even hallucinogenic agents like wheat growing like l s d. >> sounds like everyone is tripping, right? those theories have been put forth, fungal or