The events that followed resulted in the most infamous witch hunt in history. But how did the actions of a group of young girls lead ... Short History Of The Salem Witch Trials.

In 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, mass hysteria rang out as teen girls began acting erratically, citing witches were to blame. What followed is a terrifying slew of accusations, trials and executions.

caused a mass psychosis that led to the Puritans believing they were being afflicted by witchcraft. Messner ends the book by drawing connections between the Salem Witch Trials and other parts of ...

“The Afflicted Girls,” her 2004 volume about the Salem Witch Trials, is an unsung gem of a book. Her latest collection, “Mother Water Ash,” presents a mournful exploration of her mother ...

And the story in Le Roy was so different in that it was almost all girls ... is that Danvers was once Salem Village, one of the sites involved in the Salem Witch Trials. And you explore briefly ...

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 a man named John Bradstreet had bewitched a dog.

This 1892 illustration from Harper’s Magazine shows a courtroom scene, with a crowd accusing two young girls. Like many during the Salem witch trials, the girls’ youth reflects the ...