New research shows that the printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg, helped spread conspiracies that fueled the Salem ...

That text was spread throughout the Western world thanks to the newly invented printing press.

I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what ...

Halloween is almost here, and that means it's time for ghosts, supernatural creatures and, of course, witches. Perhaps the ...

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 ...

Here’s how the Salem witch trials came about—and why what happened there is still ... in which Tituba claimed she and the girls had ridden broomsticks and signed a book offered to her by the devil, ...

If you thought that accusations of witchcraft were a quaint moral panic surely left behind in the Salem witch trial ... But what is a witch, exactly? Marion Gibson’s recent book, “Witchcraft: A ...

The Sandwich Public Library will host local author Dan Gagnon as he discusses his book, “A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution ...

her trial technically wasn't part of the Salem witch trials. Her trial has a few similarities to the real-life Salem witch trials, but the biggest difference is that it has a huge impact.

Each week we pause to ponder the truths available to us from the pages of history. We browse through the annals of the ...

For those itching to explore less obvious New England destinations, here are some unexpected towns worth visiting in the fall ...

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 ...