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.

The main result of the project, the 1000-page volume Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt was published in January 2009 (Cambridge University Press). The texts provide valuable information on Colonial ...

As often as we have revisited Salem—on the page ... More than anyone else, she propelled America’s infamous witch hunt forward, supplying its imagery and determining its shape.

In February 1692, strange illness struck two young girls in Salem, igniting the infamous Witch Trials. Uncover the truth behind this dark chapter in history. Canada and Australia will develop new ...

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 ...

While best known for its notorious witch trials in ... haunted sites like the Salem Jail and the Joshua Ward House. Guides will also teach participants how to hunt for ghosts and take images ...

The events thoroughly convinced James of the dangers of witches and in 1597, he wrote an entire book, urging severe ... were at the centre of this witch hunt, was sentenced to death.

A new exhibition on the Salem witch trials explores ... both in the book and in the exhibition, the subjects provide text defining “witch” or “witchcraft” for themselves.