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

That text was spread throughout the Western world thanks to the newly invented printing press.

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

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 ...

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

Every year, over 1 million visitors arrive in Salem, Massachusetts, to celebrate Halloween. Due to the town's association ...

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 ...

Ojai Art Center Theater continues its 85th season with an American classic by playwright Arthur Miller. “The Crucible,” the ...

a judge in the Salem Witch Trials who lived there for 40 years. At the Salem Witch Museum, located inside a renovated historic church building, guests encounter two presentations about the Salem ...

Salem has dozens of daily walking tours that educate visitors about the famous 1692 Salem Witch Trials and more. For those who’d rather ride, there are trolley tours. There are many ways for ...