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

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

In her Newberry Library course, Kay Daly examines the depiction of witches onstage, from the 17th century to the present.

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

“Your average witch is just somebody who lives next to you and has this spiritual practice you don’t know about,” Deborah ...

It’s one of the oldest documented parts of our state’s history, and also one of the darkest. The Connecticut Witch Trials ...

Winston-Salem may not be directly in the predicted path of Helene as the storm makes landfall and moves inland Thursday and Friday, but local officials are nonetheless issuing a caution that this ...

“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 ...

Though an arduous process, her attention to detail unveiled that stregamenti often played a profound role in 16th century Venetian witchcraft trials. As Bennett’s research continued, her interest in ...

Well, Salem in October comes pretty close ... family-friendly events for guests who were interested in visiting the “Witch City,” the website said. "Following the first festival’s success ...

West Salem High School and other nearby schools were placed on lockdown Friday afternoon after Salem-Keizer Public Schools and law enforcement received unconfirmed reports that a student with a ...

“That’s the seduction of what I would say is witchcraft. That’s the manipulation of imagery that creates an impression contrary to the truth, but it seduces you into seeing it. So that ...