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Giles Corey - crushed to death as a witch in Salem
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No no. If your curshed to death than your not a witch. /s did not read but seems like so many of the tests were if you survive then your a witch.
Being crushed was a form of torture to force him to submit to a rigged witch trial. He just stood his ground (metaphorically) and asked for more torture.