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

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

While the movie bombed on its release ... Two memorials mark the witch trials: the stone Salem Witch Trials Memorial in ...

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

With Halloween only weeks away, fans of the spooky season have already been diving deep into their favorite movies and TV series that honor the holiday. John Carpenter and Debra Hill’s Halloween is ...

Kirstie Alley leads an all-star cast in a drama recalling the 1692 Puritan witch-hunt that tarnished the Massachusetts village. Rev. Samuel Parris: Henry Czerny. Rebecca Nurse: Shirley MacLaine.

A descendant of a victim of the Salem witch trials confronts contemporary traumas in Sarah Ruhl's Becky Nurse of Salem at Shattered Globe.

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 ...

Agatha All Along Episode 5 “Darkest Hour / Wake Thy Power” ended with the big twist(?) reveal that “Teen” (Joe Locke) is ...

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. ...

If you're heading to Salem, you should set aside some time for a visit to the Salem Witch Trials Memorial. Built to honor the victims who died during the 1692 witchcraft hysteria, the memorial ...