The Witches: Salem, 1692, by Stacy Schiff, is a historical work of nonfiction that reads like a twisting, turning mystery. Schiff pulls back the curtain on this bizarre episode in American history ...

The Salem trials unfolded as they did not because of ignorance, ... mechanics, and school teachers. Corey (1611–1692), a farmer, was accused of wizardry in Salem, Mass., in 1692.

An installation at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., uses artifacts and primary sources to tell the true story of the city’s notorious episode of paranoia and persecution.

In February 1692, strange illness struck two young girls in Salem, igniting the infamous Witch Trials. Uncover the truth behind this dark chapter in history.

As Stacy Schiff meticulously chronicles in her sumptuous new work, "The Witches," the Salem scare of 1692 began in the austere residence of the village minister but then rapidly engulfed the ...

For a book about the 1600s, Stacy Schiff's "The Witches," an exhaustive history of the Salem witch trials, calls to mind a surprising amount of contemporary popular culture. Sometimes Schiff ...

Satan came to Salem Village in 1692 … or so many residents believed. Betty Parris and Abigail Williams — daughter and niece of the Rev. Samuel Parris — began acting strangely in January of ...

Elizabeth Johnson Jr., a woman convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s, ... She was one of 28 family members accused of witchcraft in 1692, according to the Boston Globe.