00:00The accused were chained, marched to jails and questioned for hours.
00:05Some were beaten or pressured to confess.
00:09Others stayed silent, believing that truth would protect them.
00:13They did not realise that in Salem during 1692, innocence did not matter.
00:19What mattered was accusation.
00:22As the panic grew, more young girls joined Betty and Abigail.
00:26They screamed in court, pointed at invisible spirits, and fell to the floor pretending
00:32to be attacked.
00:34Their words became unquestionable.
00:36If a girl said she saw a person's spirit harming her, the court believed it, even if
00:43there was no proof at all.
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