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 ...

Long before the hysteria took hold, something was already brewing in Salem. In part one of this deep dive, we explore the ...

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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 ...

"The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming" is on view at the New-York Historical Society. Thomas Satterwhite Noble, Witch Hill (The Salem Martyr), 1869. Collection of the New-York Historical ...

The 527 documents include transcripts of testimony and examinations, depositions, warrants for apprehension, and other legal papers. In this image provided by the Peabody Essex Museum, Lynda Roscoe ...

Hundreds of court documents from the 1692 Salem Witch Trials are being transferred from the Salem museum where they have been stored for more than four decades to the newly expanded Judicial Archives ...

17 th century New England saw its fair share of witch hysteria, with neighbors accusing neighbors of heresy. Some of the most infamous trials played out in Salem, Massachusetts, but as a new ...

Danvers’ Ingersoll Tavern is inextricable from New England’s history. The first three women to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials were scheduled to be examined there. After that, ...