Season 2 of Legacy Lore Is Here | And this One Begins at Sea
Season One explored how fear of witchcraft took root inside village, how suspicion grew slowly, how reputations hardened over years, and how communities turned inward when something felt wrong.
Season Two steps onto a ship.
Not metaphorically. Literally.
We’re leaving the village and crossing the Atlantic. Where storms are warnings, law is blurred, and authority expanded.
And where two women, Katherine Grady and Elizabeth Richardson, were executed at sea after being accused of witchcraft.
This season asks a different kind of question.
Not just who were these women? But what kind of world made their deaths feel reasonable?
What You Can Expect This Season
Season 2 will explore:
Witchcraft accusations aboard ships
Maritime authority and the legal gray zones of the Atlantic
Colonial court responses to executions at sea
The preservation, and disappearance, of historical records
And how lineage, power, and social standing shape what survives in the archive
This season also introduces figures whose names echo forward in American history, including members of the Washington family, and examines how proximity to power often determines whether a death is forgotten or documented.
But at its heart, this season is not about famous names.
It’s about the women who were not preserved.
Why This Season Feels Different
Season One examined belief systems inside settled communities.
Season 2 examines belief systems in motion.
A ship is not a village.
There are no lifelong neighbors.
No parish elders.
No physical escape.
Everything abord a 17th century vessel was communal: food, water, fear, and faith.
When a storm hit, someone had to be responsible.
This season explores what happened when that responsibility landed on woman.
The Record, The Silence, and the Search
If you’ve been listening from the beginning, you know that Legacy Lore isn’t just storytelling.
It’s archival work.
This season continues the research process, tracing parish records, court proceedings, maritime law, colonial correspondence, and genealogical archives to piece together what survives and why.
Some stories disappear.
Some make the record uncomfortable.
Season 2 lives in the tension.
Join the Lorekeeper’s Ledger
If you want to go deeper into the documents behind each episode, I invite you to become a Lorekeeper.
Lorekeepers receive:
Extended research notes
Transcriptions of primary documents
Archival context that doesn’t always make it into the episodes
Early information about upcoming genealogy classes and meetups
Some materials from this season will appear on the blog. Others will be shared exclusively through the newsletter.
Because sometimes the most important part of history isn’t what’s summarized. It’s what survives in the margins.
You can sign up to be a Lorekeeper today!
-Sammy Jo
Host of Legacy Lore
