End Witch Hunts

About End Witch Hunts

Witchcraft accusations are still a major problem in many parts of the world today with devastating consequences for victims. The impacts on victims can include physical violence, social ostracization, economic deprivation, psychological trauma, and even death.

Harmful practices related to accusations of witchcraft are cases when someone harms another person whom they suspect has bewitched them, their kin, or their property. In addition, ritual attacks include the harmful practice of removing body parts from persons with albinism for the sake of creating medicine.

End Witch Hunts is a nonprofit dedicated to educating the public about both historical and contemporary witchcraft persecution. Our educational efforts include a podcast, social media, traditional media, publications, and presentations. To achieve our goals, we collaborate with experts and policymakers, and we partner with organizations such as historical societies, libraries, museums, and educational institutions.

Our vision is a world without witch-hunts, where victims are exonerated, modern victims and their families receive justice, and tribute is paid to past victims.

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End Witch Hunts Nonprofit Marks Three Milestones Across Its Podcast Network

End Witch Hunts is a Colorado-based, volunteer-led, community-driven social justice nonprofit. Through projects including posthumous exoneration, memorialization, podcasts, and public education events, the organization advances awareness of witch trial history and modern witchcraft accusations worldwide. Today the organization is celebrating three landmark moments across its history-centric podcast network: the 200th episode of The Thing About Witch Hunts on June 24th, the one-year anniversary of The Thing About the Salem Witch Trials on May 31st, the debut of Salem Witch Trials Daily as a standalone daily podcast this March, and crossing 1,000 subscribers on YouTube.

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Peach background, purple text: "The Thing About Witch Hunts" headshots of Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack.
The Thing About Witch Hunts podcast covers historic witch trials and contemporary witchcraft accusations, which often are followed by violence. Learn about the witch trials in Salem, Connecticut, and other places and about witch-hunting going on all around the world today.
A graphic featuring headshots of Sarah Jack and Josh Hutchinson, with the text 'The Thing About the Salem Witch Trials' above them in yellow on a purple background.
The Thing About the Salem Witch Trials is your in-depth guide to the largest witchcraft accusation outbreak in American history. Witch trial descendants and experts Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack examine a different topic, person, or place connected to the Salem witch hunt of 1692–1693, featuring guest historians, authors, and experts. 15 minutes a week answers all your Salem Witch Trials questions.
Collage featuring historical documents and text related to the Salem Witch Trials, including references to witchcraft and spirits. Text reads "Salem Witch Trials Daily"
Salem Witch Trials Daily follows the 1692 and 1693 Salem witch trials in real time, day by day and document by document. Hosted by Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack, each micro-episode covers what was happening in Salem, Massachusetts on this exact date 1692 through 1693 . Court examinations. Arrests. Hearings. Petitions. Executions. The real calendar of 1692, built from primary sources and leading scholarship.

Learn about End Witch Hunts Projects

Graphic promoting the campaign to end witch-hunting, featuring the Earth, and the text 'World Without Witch-Hunts'.
World Without Witch-Hunts is our central effort to advocate for the elimination of harmful practices related to accusations of witchcraft and ritual attacks. We work through public awareness campaigns and conversations with advocates, academics, and leaders involved in the cause.
Logo of the Massachusetts Witch-Hunt Justice Project featuring a circular design with flowers in the center and the project's name around the perimeter.
The Massachusetts Witch-Hunt Justice Project is seeking the exoneration of 8 individuals convicted of witchcraft in Boston between 1647 and 1688.
Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project Logo
The Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project formed in 2022 to clear the names of those accused of witchcraft in colonial Connecticut. On May 25, 2023, the Connecticut General Assembly adopted a resolution to absolve the witch trial victims and apologize to their descendants. The Project continues the work of remembering the victims by advocating for a state memorial.
Graphic promoting the message to end spiritual and ritual abuse, featuring blue text and a blue awareness ribbon.
In our newest project, we collect data on spiritual and ritual abuse in the United States. We began with cases of exorcisms which resulted in harm to the target individual, but we now include other forms of spiritual and ritual abuse, as well.

Watch End Witch Hunts Podcast Episodes

Watch Salem Witch Trials Daily
Watch The Thing About the Salem Witch Trials
Watch The Thing About Witch Hunts

Photos from the End Witch Hunts 2024 trip to England for the Witchcraft and Human Rights Conference

Sarah Jack and Josh Hutchinson at the University of York
End Witch Hunts co-founders Sarah Jack and Josh Hutchinson at the University of York for the Magic and Witchcraft Conference
Jobair Alam, Josh Hutchinson, Samantha Spence, Alice Markham-Cantor, Sarah Jack, and Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond at the Witchcraft and Human Rights Conference 2024
Jobair Alam, Josh Hutchinson, Samantha Spence, Alice Markham-Cantor, Sarah Jack, and Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond at the Witchcraft and Human Rights Conference 2024
Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack at Lancaster Castle, beside the cell where witchcraft suspects were held
Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack at Lancaster Castle
Sarah Jack and Josh Hutchinson stand beside Josh's photograph of the Alice Young memorial brick in Windsor, Connecticut
Sarah Jack and Josh Hutchinson stand beside Josh’s photograph of the Alice Young memorial brick in Windsor, Connecticut
A marker commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Lancashire Witch Trials
A marker commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Lancashire Witch Trials
Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill, near Barley, England
The Tituba Memorial Brick, placed at The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts by End Witch Hunts in 2025