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 ...

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 ...

The literal mother of all witch hunt's began with hysteria reaching a point where ... accused and executed for witchcraft ...

Use extra caution. && DANVERS — More than a million tourists visit Salem every year to learn about the 1692 Witch Trials. Now, a new tour hopes to showcase many of the significant historic sites ...

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 ...

Before the hysteria, Corey had a reputation ... residents to question the legitimacy of the witch trials, as documented in 'A Historical Sketch of Salem: 1626-1879'. Facing certain death ...

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.

The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish Witchcraft Act On This Day in History On this day in 1690 ...

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 ...