We Now Know What May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials
The 15 th through 17 th centuries saw a wave of “witch hunts” break out across the Western world: the Salem Witch Trials in ...
How dogs were implicated during the Salem witch trials
I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what ...
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Witch hunts were common in the 17th century. Here’s what made Salem infamous.
Statistics is just one way to tell the tale of the infamous Salem witch trials. In just 16 months between February 1692 and May 1693, up to 200 people—mostly women—were accused of practicing ...
Four decades before Salem, there were witch trials in Connecticut
The Connecticut Witch Trials occurred from 1647 to 1663, more than four decades before the trials in Salem, Massachusetts. ...
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This Week in Church History: Salem Witch Trials
Each week we pause to ponder the truths available to us from the pages of history. We browse through the annals of the ...
Review: Which witch? ‘Becky Nurse of Salem’ is a complicated new Sarah Ruhl play
The first Chicago production by Shattered Globe Theatre stars Linda Reiter as the descendent of a woman executed during the ...
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This Is the Difference Between the Real Salem Witch Trials and Agatha’s Trial
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.
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Salem Witch Trials site still at risk despite bigger push to save it
Efforts have ramped up to save one of the most important sites linked to the Salem Witch Trials that’s still standing today.
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The witch trials continue at OACT’s ‘The Crucible’
Ojai Art Center Theater continues its 85th season with an American classic by playwright Arthur Miller. “The Crucible,” the ...