There are many stories of witch trials around the world. Witches: Truth Behind the Trials takes us into the past to look at the various trials, including the most renowned, The Salem Witch Trials.

Yet the series of witch trials that stand out the most are those that occurred in Salem over the course of several months in the early 1690s. Between 144 and 185 women, children, and men were accused ...

Witch trials were not unique to Salem. Europe had undergone a witch-hunting craze from the 15th to the 18th centuries, prosecuting an estimated 100,000 people—mostly women—for accusations of ...

When four young girls from Salem Village began having mysterious fits in 1692, they accused Bishop of sending her spirit to ...

There were witch trials in England but, Langlands-Scott points out that "Ireland and Wales only had one or two trials each as they believed in the fairies, whereas in Scotland [their belief] was ...

Describing the infamous Salem witch trials, she points out that by 1693, some 200 people — the majority of whom were women — were awaiting trial, and the civilians of Massachusetts began to ...

A Beverly home tied to the Salem witch trials is on the market for $600,000 The four-bed, two-bath property was first built in 1675 and belonged to a family member of a Salem witch trials victim.

The witch trials that swept Europe from the late 15th through the 17th centuries, culminating notably in America’s Salem Witch Trials of 1692, were driven substantially by specific biblical ...

The Connecticut Witch Trials occurred from 1647 to 1663, more than four decades before the trials in Salem, Massachusetts. “The witch trials in Connecticut were extremely deadly.

LaPierre's students ended up starting a campaign to see that accused witch Elizabeth Johnson Jr. - who was the last witch to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials - was finally ...

A new book charts the history of horror from the Salem Witch Trials to Stephen King NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Columbia University professor Jeremy Dauber about his new book, "American Scary ...