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.

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

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

The sudden emergence of witch trials in early modern Europe may have been fueled by one of humanity's most significant ...

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. “The witch trials in Connecticut were extremely deadly. The first seven ...

Visit the castle between October 26 and November 3 for a Halloween family offering and explore mysterious mazes and haunted ...

A new study reveals that the invention of the printing press in 1440 fueled the world's deadliest witch hunt, leading to ...