Killing The Witches 

By Bill O’Riley and Martin Dugard

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

I am not sure how I feel about this one. I waffled between 3 and 3.5 stars. 

It started off with a background on the Puritan settlement and spent a good chunk explaining the religious sentiment at the time that the phenomenon of the witch accusations, and the traveling hysteria up and down the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

Then the book transitions and follows Ben Franklin into the time period of the revolution. 

During the last 20% or so, the book explains the movie The Exorcist. I waited until the very last page for a full-circle moment that didn’t really happen. 

Overall, the 60% that was about the witch hunts was good, but the whole book felt a little disjointed. 

I am glad I read it, leading up to a summer trip to New England with a stop in Salem, Mass.