Like many during the Salem witch trials, the girls’ youth reflects the vulnerability of those targeted. Photograph by Bridgeman Images This title page of a 1693 witch hunt pamphlet by Cotton Mather, a ...

Dogs appeared several times during testimonies typically because an accused witch was believed to have had a dog who would do ...

Cotton Mather, a Puritan clergyman who would soon play a prominent role in the Salem witch trials, defended Harris in a letter, writing that the publisher had said nothing of the Mohawk “but ...

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

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.

A 17th-century tavern that played a significant role in the Salem Witch Trials as well as the Revolutionary War is deteriorating, prompting the town of Danvers and other community members to take ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...