What were some of the English medieval and colonial stories that may have shaped our ideas around the archetype of The Witch? Was she a child-eating monster or a shaman? Was everyone in England an alcoholic during the Bubonic Plague? Why are taxes on alcohol so complicated? What does Mexico have to do with alewives? Is the Invisible Man a real monster?

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