Witch trials weren’t unheard of by the late 1600s—but this bizarre Massachusetts chapter took the paranoia to an all-new ...

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 ...

its association with witchcraft and the witch trials of the 17th century, and so much more.” “For these reasons, it would be short-sighted not to consider Salem a potential target for those ...

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 ...

THOMASVILLE- The John Lee of Nansemond Chapter, Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century met at The Plaza Restaurant for its ...

Abigail Williams may have been only 12 years old during the Salem Witch Trials, but she played a pivotal role in the infamous witch hunt. Born in the late 17th century, Williams was raised by the ...

With copious and detailed examples, Bernard Rosenthal argues that the constructed history of the Salem witch trials mirrors the perniciousness of the trials themselves. A considerable and often ...

However, terrible storms once again delayed their journey. During this time, there were a number of witch trials going on in nearby Germany, and the combination of this and storms leaving the ...

Before King James VI of Scotland also became the ruler of England, he presided over one of Europe's most brutal witch trials. Visitors to St Andrew's Church in North Berwick might spot a memento ...

He begins with claims to what he owns and thinks he possesses but the cracks start to appear and he finds himself preaching in a stream of consciousness that takes him through history from the ...

In 16th and 17th century Scotland, roughly 4,000 people were accused of witchcraft. The rate of executions were five times the European average, and of the accused, 85% were women. The BBC's ...