{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F261ef9af-684f-495a-92e6-0b99ef0fb21c","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Spooktober: It's A Whole Ordeal - Ep 111\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/261ef9af-684f-495a-92e6-0b99ef0fb21c\"></iframe>","title":"Spooktober: It's A Whole Ordeal - Ep 111","description":"Sure, maybe you've heard of the River Ordeal, or trial by fire, but have you heard of Trial by Bean? How about the Ordeal of the Turf? In this Spooktober installment, Amber walks Anna through the ways that those accused of crimes have proven their innocence (or not!) throughout history and all over the world.\nLinks\n\nWhy the trial by ordeal was actually an effective test of guilt (Aeon.com) \n\nThe Laws of King Athelstan 924-939 A.D. (Internet History Sourcebooks) \n\nTrial by ordeal: When fire and water determined guilt (BBC News) \n\nRiver Ordeal\u2014Trial by Water\u2014Swimming of Witches: Procedures of Ordeal in Witch Trials (Witchcraft Mythologies and Persecutions, via Academia.edu) \n\nThe Law of Hammurabi and Its Audience (Yale Journal of Law & The Humanities) \n\nThe Code of Hammurabi (Yale University Avalon Project) \n\nPoisonous plants: Calabar beans were used to determine guilt in prehistoric trials. (Slate.com) \n\nThe State and Pre-Colonial Demographic History: The Case of Nineteenth-Century Madagascar (The Journal of African History) \n\nCerbera manghas (Wikipedia) \n\n\u0100tash (Encyclopedia Iranica) \n\nOrdeal in Iceland (Scandinavian Studies) \n\nCommon superstition, swearing of oath and ordeal of Koren (The Sangai Express) \n\nSassywood (Journal of Comparative Economics) \n\nHistorical Techniques of Lie Detection (European Journal of Psychology) \n\nBisha\u2019a (Wikipedia) \n\nOrdeal of the bitter water (Wikipedia) \n\nContact\nEmail the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com\nAffiliates\n\nWildnote\n\nTeePublic\n\nTimeular\n\nFind this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/dddd1215-eeb0-4139-b885-732091a9088a/uploads-2f1612927465714-puvwh93kw2-3b3c967815ee02703f7cfe1c7eed.jpg"}