I guess I should feel some kind of connection to witches at Halloween, since I recently found out that a second cousin has traced our family tree and has documented a direct line back to the Towne sisters, who were accused as witches in Salem. Seems my 9th generation great grandmother was Mary Towne Esty, hanged as a witch on September 22nd, 1692.
I recently watched the DVD "Three Sovereigns for Sarah", the PBS documentary about the Towne sisters and the witch hunts in Salem. Vanessa Redgrave does a wonderful job playing Sarah (the only accused sister who wasn't hanged) and Kim Hunter plays my grt, grt....grandmother, Mary. It is a moving story that will stay with you long after you watch it. It illustrates what can happen when mass hysteria grips a town. Thank God we live in more enlightened times.
wow, I will have to try to find & view that movie.. how sad your grandma was killed - those were crazy times..
But maybe not so crazy in perspective..
Now we kill our unborn babies.. In centuries ahead (if the world is still around) I would hope that people would be shaking their heads wondering how abortion could have been condoned,in the same way we look at the witch hunts.