Especially powerful is the Salem Witch Trials Memorial ... embraces a multipronged explanation of what now seems like mass hysteria. It cites tensions between rural Salem Village and mercantile ...

Between early 1692 and mid-1693, the Salem witch trials swept through colonial Massachusetts ... which only fueled the hysteria. Once accusations started, they spread rapidly, and many people ...

There are almost 1,000 surviving official documents and several contemporary histories from the Salem witch trials of 1692 and ... the notorious period of hysteria and paranoia, and none of ...

If you're heading to Salem, you should set aside some time for a visit to the Salem Witch Trials Memorial. Built to honor the victims who died during the 1692 witchcraft hysteria, the memorial ...

On this day in 1690, "Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick" attracted colonial officials' ire by repeating a scandalous rumor and condemning a British alliance with the Mohawk Meilan ...

21 through March 8. Set against the backdrop of the Salem witch trials, “The Crucible” follows the story of a small town consumed by hysteria and paranoia, where accusations of witchcraft lead ...

If you're heading to Salem, you should set aside some time for a visit to the Salem Witch Trials Memorial. Built to honor the victims who died during the 1692 witchcraft hysteria, the memorial ...