Lucille Ball has several connections to accused witches in Salem at the height of its hysteria. According to the New England Historical Society, she’s a direct descendant of Joseph Towne and Rachel Vinson. Towne himself was apparently not accused of practicing witchcraft, but three of his sisters were. Specifically, Mary Towne Eastey and Rebecca Towne Nurse were both accused, convicted, and killed for alleged witchcraft; Sarah Towne Bridges Cloyes, his other accused sister, either escaped or was released (and her third great-granddaughter turned out to be silver screen goddess Clara Barton). Ball was also the eighth-great niece of yet another alleged witch, Mary Perkiins Bradbury, who managed to escape after being convicted and imprisoned.

Ball wasn’t the only famous person to descend from that poor, unfortunate Towne clan that suffered through wrongful torture and imprisonment. In addition to the previously mentioned Clara Barton, beloved spookster Vincent Price was the seventh great-grandson of Rebecca, and the United States’ 30th first lady, Grace Coolidge, was the seventh great-granddaughter of Edmund Towne.

Interestingly, in an episode called “Lucy and the Monsters” from her later show, “The Lucy Show,” (per IMDb), Lucy has a scary movie-induced nightmare in which her and Viv’s car breaks down outside Dracula’s castle. And when they go inside for help, they end up transforming into … yep! Witches (watch it on YouTube).