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  2. Moll Dyer - Wikipedia

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    Moll Dyer (c. 1697) is the name of a legendary 17th-century resident of Leonardtown, Maryland, who is said to have been accused of witchcraft and chased out of her home by the local townsfolk on a winter night. Her body was allegedly found a few days later, partially frozen to a large stone.

  3. Witch trials in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    The Maryland Witch Trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Colonial Maryland between June 1654, and October 1712. It was not unique, but is a Colonial American example of the much broader phenomenon of witch trials in the early modern period , which took place also in Europe.

  4. Witchcraft in North America - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Three officers say they endured racism working for Maryland ...

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    Three troopers say they endured racism and discrimination while working for the Maryland State Police, and other officers of color have too. They filed a class-action lawsuit against the police ...

  6. Rebecca Fowler - Wikipedia

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    Rebecca Fowler (killed October 9, 1685) was a woman convicted and executed for witchcraft in 17th-century Maryland. Around a dozen witch trials were conducted in Maryland during the 17th and 18th centuries, with most being acquitted. Fowler is the only documented legal execution of an alleged witch in Maryland history. [1] [2]

  7. Former Maryland State Police trooper sentenced for sexually ...

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    A former Maryland State Police trooper was sentenced Tuesday to 45 years in state prison after a jury found him guilty last fall of sexually abusing a Washington County girl more than 16 years ago.

  8. Blair Witch - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Former Maryland state trooper convicted of sexually abusing ...

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    A former Maryland State Police trooper was found guilty Friday of sexually abusing a Washington County girl more than 16 years ago following a four-day trial in Washington County Circuit Court.