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.

Check out our list of movies and shows that take place in and around Salem for the perfect Halloween vibes. Hocus Pocus ...

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

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A descendant of a victim of the Salem witch trials confronts contemporary traumas in Sarah Ruhl's Becky Nurse of Salem at Shattered Globe.

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

The first Chicago production by Shattered Globe Theatre stars Linda Reiter as the descendent of a woman executed during the ...

Agatha All Along Episode 5 “Darkest Hour / Wake Thy Power” ended with the big twist(?) reveal that “Teen” (Joe Locke) is ...

Efforts have ramped up to save one of the most important sites linked to the Salem Witch Trials that's still standing today. A Change.org petition to save Ingersoll's Tavern at 199 Hobart St. in ...

Salem Haunted Happenings Salem arguably is the birthplace of Halloween festivities, and while the spirits of the season occupy the village year round, they get into a frenzied gear during Salem ...