On this day in 1690, "Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick" attracted colonial officials' ire by repeating a scandalous rumor and condemning a British alliance with the Mohawk Meilan ...

Yet the series of witch trials that stand out the most are those that occurred in Salem over the course of several months in the early 1690s. Between 144 and 185 women, children, and men were ...

The Shocking History and Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials What fueled the frenzy that sent so many to their deaths in colonial America? And how did Americans reckon with the aftermath of the panic ...

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.

There are almost 1,000 surviving official documents and several contemporary histories from the Salem witch trials of 1692 and 1693. But little of this relates directly to the 19 hangings that ...

The Salem witch trials are famous, but throughout history thousands were executed for the impossible crime of witchcraft. Most suspects were poor women, elderly, indigenous people or disabled ...

You didn’t have to be out casting spells and stirring bubbling cauldrons in the dead of night to be at risk of being labeled ...

One is an immersive narration of the 1692 Salem witch trials featuring costumed life-size mannequins, lighting and prerecorded narration, and the second, titled "Witches: Evolving Perceptions ...

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 crucial stop on any Salem itinerary (and included on many of ...

Scores of people were imprisoned and executed during the infamous Salem witch trials of the 1600s Investigators examine the eras rampant antiwitch sentiment from a scientific viewpoint testing ...