The Watkinson Library invites you to join us on October 29th from 3-5pm for a Halloween Witching Hour featuring collections from the College Archives and Special Collections related to witches, alchemists, and fortune tellers. Refreshments will be served. See below for more details…
- Travel back to the 15th century to see the notorious Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches) used to interrogate and prosecute people for witchcraft
- Hear about the trial and execution of Mary Johnson of Wethersfield, the first woman to confess to the crime of witchcraft in Connecticut
- Learn about Connecticut minister and alchemist Gershom Bulkeley’s role in the witch trials as well as the strange uses of skull moss
- Read prophecies from alumni
