A new exhibition on the Salem witch trials explores how the meaning of the word “witch” has evolved through the centuries Kate Wheeling In 1692, a panic swept through Salem, Massachusetts.

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 ...

The pivotal accuser at the trials, Tituba, would go down in history ... As often as we have revisited Salem—on the page, on the stage and on the screen—we have failed to unpack a crucial ...

While Salem is famous for its witch trials, Connecticut’s history is ... and their names are etched onto bricks that are displayed in a memorial near Town Hall. But their stories were just ...

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 ...

In 1692, the colonial town of Salem, Massachusetts, became caught up in a fervor over alleged witchcraft. In her new book “The Witches,” Stacy Schiff explores what led a group of Puritans to ...

In her book A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials, Laurie Winn Carlson draws on these events at length in the first few chapters; they make fascinating reading.

For all the notoriety which the judgment of history has fastened upon the Salem witch-hunts, the true story of the trials is a little-known one. It is an intensely dramatic story, numbering among ...

A 350-year-old estate linked to the Salem witch trials and the Revolutionary War is on the market in Beverly. Located at 252 Essex St. in Beverly, the home was originally constructed by William ...