A Massachusetts group is working to clear the names of all of those accused, arrested or indicted in the Salem witch trials nearly four centuries later.

Sarah Jessica Parker discovered that her 10th great-grandmother, Esther Elwell, was formally accused in the Salem Witch Trials. No October is complete without a viewing of Hocus Pocus, and some ...

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 ...

Sarah Jessica Parker famously plays a witch — the spells, the brooms and the general running "amok, amok, amok" — in the 1993 Halloween classic Hocus Pocus.

Former Ashland resident Janice Thompson has written a historical novel that's based on an accused witch escaping Salem and landing in Framingham.

Massachusetts is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft. The latest push comes from a group dedicated to ...

The first Chicago production by Shattered Globe Theatre stars Linda Reiter as the descendent of a woman executed during the Salem witch trials.

Anyone who has ever taken a field trip to Salem will recognize the name tied to 252 Essex Street in Beverly, which is currently on the market.

After years of neglect to one of the most important sites of the Salem Witch Trials that still stands today, a judge has appointed a receiver to renovate Ingersoll’s Tavern on Hobart Street in ...

DANVERS — Ingersoll’s Tavern on Hobart Street is one of the most significant sites of the Salem Witch Trials still standing today. But the roughly 350 year-old building is on the verge of ...

Jesse Williams was surprised to learn that one of his ancestors played a significant role in the Salem witch trials in a Season 10 episode of "Finding Your Roots." The secret was unearthed when ...

Sarah Jessica Parker famously plays a witch — the spells, the brooms and the general running "amok, amok, amok" — in the 1993 Halloween classic Hocus Pocus. Her character, the ditzy and flirty ...