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The Weather Channel aired an episode about Moll Dyer in their series American Supernatural on 5 October 2014. Sister Witch, The Life of Moll Dyer was written by local novelist David W. Thompson and published by Solstice Publishing on October 31, 2017. Inspired by Moll Dyer's life, it pulls together the historical record and local oral ...
Legend says Moll Dyer was accused of being a witch, and was banished from Leonardtown, Maryland. She was later found dead, frozen to a rock in the forest. [17] Due to fires in both St. Mary's County and Calvert County archives in 1831, no legal records exist verifying the story of Moll Dyer.
In Maryland, there is a legend of Moll Dyer, who escaped a fire set by fellow colonists only to die of exposure in December 1697. The historical record of Dyer is scant as all official records were burned in a courthouse fire, though the county courthouse has on display the rock where her frozen body was found.
Moll Dyer; R. Rebecca Fowler; W. Witch trials in Maryland; Z. Michael Zittle Jr. This page was last edited on 1 September 2022, at 02:25 ...
According to Ben Rock, the man who created the backstory for Haxan, he took inspiration from the real Maryland legend of the woman Moll Dyer. Sometime in the winter of 1697, Dyer was accused of witchcraft, tried, and subsequently banished from Leonardtown, Maryland. Her body was later discovered frozen to a rock in the forest.
In a statement, his attorney Aaron Dyer characterized the searches by investigators with the Department of Homeland Security as an “unprecedented ambush” and a “witch hunt.” More from Variety
Downer was the inspiration for an ale from Ventnor Brewery, "Molly Downer". [5] The paeonia mlokose-witschii , a yellow peony flower from Caucasus is commonly known as "Molly the Witch". Martin Page suggests that it may have been named after the story of Molly was published in 1844, in the book of ballads. [ 6 ]
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