The Salem witch trials took place in a period of New England history when women were accused of being witches. These accusations were deadly in some cases. It wasn’t until 2022 that the last woman ...
“The Crucible” is a dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692-1693. American playwright Arthur Miller penned the play as an allegory for ...
SALEM, MA -- A team of researchers using historical documents and 21st-century archaeological techniques has confirmed the site where 19 innocent people were hanged during the Salem witch trials more ...
How does a Catholic priest minister in a town famous for its devotion to the occult? Well, first you try to be a good neighbor. “We open the church, we invite people in, we allow them to use our ...
The Salem witch trials were the largest witchcraft outbreak in American history, resulting from a perfect storm of catastrophes. Taking place in 1692 and 1693, the Salem witch trials were held in ...
"The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming" is on view at the New-York Historical Society. Thomas Satterwhite Noble, Witch Hill (The Salem Martyr), 1869. Collection of the New-York Historical ...
The 527 documents include transcripts of testimony and examinations, depositions, warrants for apprehension, and other legal papers. In this image provided by the Peabody Essex Museum, Lynda Roscoe ...
Discover how fear and superstition led to one of the darkest chapters in American history. Immerse yourself in the Salem ...
Today’s Salem is a strange place, at once alluring and off-putting. This former haunt of terrified, grudge-holding (and doomed) Puritans bursts with witch museums, statues, tours, workshops, gift ...