The witch trials that swept Europe from the late 15th through the 17th centuries, culminating notably in America’s Salem Witch Trials of 1692, were driven substantially by specific biblical ...

Thousands of pounds of paper recycled on Pittsfield’s Community Shred Day “Witch Panic! Massachusetts Before Salem” opens May 17 at the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History ...

Halloween may be months away, but it’s never too early (or too late) to celebrate — especially in Salem, which is known for its dark history of witch trials, haunted places and paranormal ...

A visitor trail about witch trials in the 16th and 17th centuries is being brought to life by augmented reality. The Tendring Witch Heritage Trail is set in Harwich, Manningtree, St Osyth and ...

The Salem Witch trials have, many times over, proven themselves near unbreakable as allegory, starting at least with Arthur Miller’s 1953 The Crucible, in which the goings on in Massachusetts ...

“To be honest, the one thought that really went through my mind sitting in the court room was witch trials … trying to make her advocacy fit into some kind of vilification,” Ms Bastiaan said.

Authors Claire Madison and Zoe Venditozzi, known for their podcast The Witches of Scotland, look at the history of the Scottish witch trials, and why hysteria seemed to take grip of Scotland.

One hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission. At the Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street. The loud title of the Broadway play “John Proctor is the Villain” reads like the rare high-school ...