Ep. 118 - The Cave of Witches

Back in 1880, a tiny island off the coast of Chile became the site of one of the last witch trials in South America. The defendants who were rounded up told a horrific tale of black magic, extortion and murder. And if we are to believe the whole story, they may also have created something unspeakable in a remote hidden cave.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/into-the-cave-of-chiles-witches-20138093/https://www.wired.com/2007/01/khipu/http://thatbackpacker.com/2018/03/05/chiloe-travel-guide/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/chile/chiloehttps://www.fodors.com/news/arts-culture/wizards-are-terrifyingly-present-on-chiloe-islandhttps://www.npr.org/2008/06/26/91931716/myth-and-magic-infuse-chilean-islandhttps://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/chiles-mysterious-island-of-warlocks/ Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "You Promise", "Cry About Me", "No More Words", "Hope", "Only", "Emotional Park Inside Your Soul", "I Will Not Return" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices