When four young girls from Salem Village began having mysterious fits in 1692, they accused Bishop of sending her spirit to ...

By some estimates, tens of thousands—predominantly women—were executed during these witch hunts. III. Witch Trials in Colonial America: Salem as a Case Study ...

This nonfiction chapter book geared towards children ages 8-12 is a fun way to introduce kids to history. Messner proves her credibility with additions of primary sources, bibliographical ...

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.

What The Evidence Really Says About The Role Of Dogs At the Salem Witch Trials It was 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. Witches were on trial — but so were the town’s dogs.

A new study discovered what started the 'witch craze' that spurred 300 years of persecution, including the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts. It turns out the printing press is to blame.

Published: October 15, 2024 8:29am EDT An illustration of a court scene during the late-17th century witch trials in Salem, Mass. Christine_Kohler/iStock via Getty Images Plus ...

Some popular accounts of the trials also suggest that at least two dogs were killed during the trials, but there is no evidence supporting this in the official legal testimony of the time.

The Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast is the former house of Lizzie Borden, the primary yet exonerated suspect in the unsolved axe murders of her father Andrew Borden and stepmother Abby Gray in 1892.

"There had been witch hunts and trials in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, and in Scotland in 1696, where an 11-year-old girl, Christian Shaw, claimed to have been possessed.

Witches of Salem is a miniseries that aired in 2019, and remains one of the best Salem Witch Trials TV shows — and it comes from an incredibly unusual source.