Long before the Salem Witch Trials, one New England woman was accused of witchcraft again… and again… and AGAIN.
Her name was Eunice “Goody” Cole — and for centuries, she has been remembered as THE WITCH OF HAMPTON.
In 1656, Goody Cole was tried for witchcraft in Hampton, New Hampshire, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment. Even after her release, accusations continued to follow her. Neighbors blamed her for strange events, misfortune, illness, and anything else that frightened a deeply superstitious colonial community.
And after her death, the story became even stranger.
Legends grew around Goody Cole’s grave, her supposed curse, and the extraordinary measures townspeople were said to have taken to make absolutely certain that the “witch” stayed buried.
But how much of the Goody Cole story is actually true?
In this video, we’re digging into the REAL history of Eunice “Goody” Cole, the witchcraft accusations made against her, colonial New England’s fear of witches, the legends that grew after her death, and the remarkable thing the town of Hampton did more than 250 years later to finally clear her name.
Because Goody Cole wasn’t merely a spooky New England legend.
She was a real woman caught in one of the darkest chapters of early American history — and somehow her story became even bigger after she was gone.
So turn down the lights, lock the doors, and come with me to Hampton, New Hampshire, for the strange and unsettling story of GOODY COLE: THE WITCH OF HAMPTON.
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SOURCES / FURTHER READING:
Hampton Historical Society — Eunice “Goody” Cole
Hampton Historical Society / Tuck Museum — Goody Cole Monument
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