Host welcome back. Im thrilled to see you here for what should be a really interesting session. I would like to introduce to you my good friend and partner in witchcraft studies margo burns. , margo was one of the leading experts on the trials. One of the editors of the incredible records of the salem witchhunt. She has probably forgotten more about the individual documents than i will ever know. We asked her to speak about those records and the Amazing Things you can learn from a close read of them. I should also mention that she is the author of my favorite article on the salem witch trials. It looks at the issue of false confession that i strongly recommend to you. Margo burns. [applause] margo burns just so you know, i have a completely different read on the coercion of false confessions than he gave a few minutes ago. Read my article and you will find out. I am here today primarily to talk about the actual documents. And how do we know what we know. One of the things he was doing