The 15 th through 17 th centuries saw a wave of “witch hunts” break out across the Western world: the Salem Witch Trials in ...

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 ...

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

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

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. The first seven ...

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.

Explore the Salem Witch Trials, enjoy family-friendly Halloween festivities, and uncover eerie legends in this ultimate ...

Hocus Pocus filming locations, the sites of the Salem Witch Trials, and much more. We asked Boston.com readers to give us their best advice to incoming Salem tourists, and they didn’t disappoint.

“A lot of tours will focus on just the witch trials or just ghost stories. We combine so our travelers will learn about our maritime history. They’ll also do a deep dive into the Salem witch ...

More specifically, that means the Salem witch trials of 1692, wherein young women were convicted of being something that does not actually exist. More than a dozen of them were hung but that has ...