The Salem witch trials took place in a period of New England history when women were accused of being witches. These accusations were deadly in some cases. It wasn't until 2022 that the last woman ...

In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials. Nearly four ...

Salem, Massachusetts. Known for the witch trials. But that is just one chapter. From above, the city feels calm. Tree-lined ...

I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Nineteen people accused of witchcraft ...

Haylee Gilmore is a writer, artist, and avid book reader based in Pittsburgh, PA. She is a Point Park University graduate in the English Creative Writing Program. Her dream goal is to become a fiction ...

The Salem witch trials were the largest witchcraft outbreak in American history, resulting from a perfect storm of catastrophes. Taking place in 1692 and 1693, the Salem witch trials were held in ...

Witches are a big deal in Salem’s modern culture. The city’s association with witchcraft has been capitalized on from films like 1993's “Hocus Pocus” to the annual Halloween festivities that draw in ...

Salem’s Haunted Happenings fills October with parades, ghost tours, markets, costumed events, and centuries of real history ...

Vogue’s go-to astrologer speaks to a handful of modern witches living in and around Salem to get their tips on how to ...

Introduction -- Under an evil hand -- Gospel women -- Pannick at the Eastward -- Dreadfull apparition of a minister -- Many offenders in custody -- Endeavors of the judges -- Burroughs their ...

(The Conversation) — Dogs appeared several times during testimonies, typically because an accused witch was believed to have had a dog who would do her bidding, or because the devil appeared in the ...