The pivotal accuser at the trials, Tituba ... the Indian slave at the heart of the Salem mystery. Enigmatic to begin, she has grown more elusive over the years. We know her only as Tituba.

Giles Corey, a farmer accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials ... figures from the witch trials with the phrase he repeated as he died: “More weight.” According to legend, that ...

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 ...

In her book A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials, Laurie Winn Carlson ... of dissimilar aetiology”. How much more difficult is Carslon's exercise in ...

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 ... charter and had felt the weight of royal autocracy under ...

Formerly the residence of infamous Judge Jonathan Corwin, the Witch House is the only structure in Salem still standing that has direct ties to the 1692 witch trials. Because of this, it is a ...

Centrally located in downtown Salem, the Salem Witch Trials Memorial is open every day from dawn to dusk and free to enter. For more information, visit the Salem tourism board's website.