Melissa Joan Hart was not the only witch from her home town. One of her peers from her small town of Sayville was also a headline grabbing witch, only she went a step further. Gregg K. told me, "Melissa and Serena were both close friends of mine." In the popular children’s’ show “Sabrina” the witch frequently casts spells on a hated cheerleader called Libby. But her schoolmate went one step further and killed a popular Sayville High School cheerleader in a demonic ceremony by putting a plastic bag over her head, to “drive the demons out!” 

     The mother of this infamous witch even gave her an appropriate name: Serena, just like Samantha’s cousin in “Bewitched” and "Madam Serena" in the movie "Teen Sorcery." It was a dark day in Sayville when Serena Martin, a graduate of Sayville High School killed popular cheerleader Charity Miranda, in conjunction with her mother! The murder occurred on the same Aldrich Street where years earlier Sayville resident John Powers showed how much he loved thy neighbor by shooting down some of them. This Adams-like family spent their free time by sacrificing pigeons, fowls, goats, and whatever the rest of us might consider as pets, then eventually a cheerleader. When questioned about her fiendish behavior, Serena exclaimed that she had performed the Santeria ceremony to drive out Charity’s demons. But according to a Sayville urban legend, she only said that because she did not want it known that the cheerleader was a sacrifice like the goats and pigeons.

     Every single person I spoke to said that they never saw Melissa Joan Hart anywhere near this witch Serena. However, a lot of them said they were friends with both. They were somewhat in the same social group. Like some of her friends, Serena was often seen dressed in black that would remind people of a Goth.

Serena, in black, and fellow witch being taken to jail.

      Is Santeria a form of witchcraft? I asked expert Pastor Stan Madrak at demonbusters.com who told me “Santeria is a very powerful form of witchcraft.” 

    Aldrich St. is described by residents as having “Spooky, old houses.” It was on this street that John Powers committed a mass shooting of members of the criminal element living in Sayville at the time. The Powers were just the little people but the people he gunned down were important people in the town that regularly had huge drunken parties. Mr. Powers would say to the kids, “If someone threatens you, pick up anything you can whether it’s a pipe or a stick and use it.” As Mr. Powers was not a hypocrite, he took his own advice. A short time later a friend of John Powers went on his own spree, after some of the survivors of the first. Mr. Powers is now living back in Sayville after he spent a short time in jail. 

Melissa Joan Hart

     One of the towns sport's rivals is nearby Amityville High School, as in AMITYVILLE HORROR! Same town as the movie and book.

   Kimberly who use to eat lunch with Melissa and described her circle of friends as “the smart kids” 
declared, “Sayville… it's like any other town.”

 The Craft is about Sayville! Compare how Serena looks to them.

    For over a year, Melissa and her  mother Paula Hart tried to 

sell the idea for a show about a teen witch. The show would be about a new

student that was a witch, that would be part of a group of outcasts. 

A Hollywood film maker liked the idea so much that he took the idea and 

made the "The Craft" in 1996. This is why the movie is based on Sayville.

   Notice the symbol for HARRY POTTER is the same as the symbol of Sayville, the demonic lightening bolt. Author J.K. Rowling was able to find a publisher in 1997 only because Sabrina was the number one kids show in England. Sabrina is much bigger in England than in America. Sabrina started in 1996, and the show's influence can be seen in the book. The book publisher, Bloomsbury, saw how successful Sabrina was and took a chance. J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury had an intimate knowledge of Sabrina and Melissa.

The lightening bolt symbol of Sayville. 

  Compare the Harry Potter colors to the above.

This movie, made in 1999, is a copy of Sabrina. People that live in Sayville say that the show is even more like Sayville than Sabrina. Check the colors. Compare the picture of "Madam Serena" to Serena.

"We've looked into witchcraft, but this is more about magic," Hart says of portraying Sabrina. "I've looked at some books (on the subject), but they kind of scared me. Some of the things I read were very interesting, about how witches did spells" From Tribune Media Services, 1996

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