The Springfield Museums' latest exhibit explores the events that occured four decades before Salem's infamous witch trials ...

Plunging into the frenzy of the Salem witch trials, Miller’s forensic 1953 dissection of mass hysteria and persecution ...

Thompson, who owns a nonprofit newspaper, The Harpswell Anchor, decided to write a historical novel of the events that led to the Salem witch trials. It was released in May. Former Ashland ...

The Connecticut Witch Trials occurred from 1647 to 1663, more than four decades before the trials in Salem, Massachusetts. “The witch trials in Connecticut were extremely deadly. The first seven ...

and Phips immediately “put a stop to the proceedings” of the Salem Witch Trials. Meanwhile, prosecution of “King William’s War” had not gone well, and Sir William Phips, the royal ...

The pivotal accuser at the trials, Tituba, would go down in history ... As often as we have revisited Salem—on the page, on the stage and on the screen—we have failed to unpack a crucial ...

Statistics is just one way to tell the tale of the infamous Salem witch trials. In just 16 months between February 1692 and May 1693, up to 200 people—mostly women—were accused of practicing ...

Theories about what sparked the Salem Witch Trials include everything from a hallucinogenic fungus to psychological disorders and economic conditions. But now, scientists may have settled the ...

You might think you already know the story of the Salem Witch Trials, but you may be surprised. Kate Messner tells readers what really happened during the Salem Witch Trials in this recent entry ...

According to local historical researcher Marilynne K. Roach’s 2002 book, “The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege,” some of the afflicted girls claimed that ...

If you're heading to Salem, you should set aside some time for a visit to the Salem Witch Trials Memorial. Built to honor the victims who died during the 1692 witchcraft hysteria, the memorial ...

If you're heading to Salem, you should set aside some time for a visit to the Salem Witch Trials Memorial. Built to honor the victims who died during the 1692 witchcraft hysteria, the memorial ...