Salem is known for its 17th-century witch trials, with more than 200 persecuted and 20 sent to their deaths. But today Robin ...

Hundreds of court documents from the 1692 Salem Witch Trials are being transferred from the Salem museum where they have been stored for more than four decades to the newly expanded Judicial ...

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 ...

In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials.

woman, who confessed to practicing witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, was the only remaining person convicted during the trials whose name had not been cleared. Though she was sentenced to ...

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. PHOTOS:'Voices from ...

BOSTON (AP) — Hundreds of court documents from the 1692 Salem Witch Trials are being transferred from the Salem museum where they have been stored for more than four decades to the newly ...

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 ...

A new memorial is being proposed to bring attention to the town’s significant role in the infamous Salem Witch Trials and the ...

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 ...