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 ...

A new study discovered what started the 'witch craze' that spurred 300 years of persecution, including the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts. It turns out the printing press is to blame.

Bridget Marshall. October 15, 2024 ... All around, Salem’s witch trials seem to have been bad for dogs. Although there is no official legal evidence that dogs were killed for being witches, ...

Before the grounds were Lyceum Hall, they were the site of an apple orchard belonging to Bridget Bishop, the first woman killed in the Salem Witch Trials.

SURANNE Jones is back on our screens with a brand new Channel 4 documentary. The Doctor Foster star looks to uncover the haunting history of witches and exposes how age-old prejudices still affect … ...

Gravesite of Samuel Sewall, a judge in the 1692-1693 Salem witch trials who later issued a public confession (Image: AP) The death of Bridget Bishop also shows the power of the unfounded suspicion ...

For some, Halloween masks the injustices of the Salem Witch trials. Ancestors of the victims hope to clear their names (AP) By. Benjamin Lynch; 21:25, 31 Oct 2023 Updated 12:58, 1 Nov 2023; ...

SALEM — On the 10th day of June, at 10 a.m., a gathering downtown will honor the point when, 331 years earlier, the hanging of a single survivor of domestic ...

Documents from the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, which have been stored at the Salem museum for decades, are being transferred to the Judicial Archives facility in Boston.

Nearly 550 original papers from the Salem witchcraft trials, part of the Peabody Essex Museum's collection, have been redigitized and are available online as higher-quality images in searchable form.