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.

Historian Margo Burns discussed primary sources from the Salem Witch Trials compiled in a book project titled Records of… June 10, 2017 Salem Witch Trials 101 ...

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

I've been studying the Salem witch trials on my own since I was 15, ... We point out historic sites, we talk about cemeteries and things like that, but a lot of what we do is use primary sources.

The Salem witch trials had a fatality rate of 50%. ... It’s the primary industry. The witch mall sells potions, tells your future. Execution site Gallows Hill is still there.

Kate Messner tells readers what really happened during the Salem Witch Trials in this recent entry in her History Smashers ... Messner proves her credibility with additions of primary sources, ...

According to local historical researcher Marilynne K. Roach’s 2002 book, “The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege,” some of the afflicted girls claimed that ...

Elizabeth Johnson Jr. is — officially — not a witch. Until last week, the Andover, Mass., woman, who confessed to practicing witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, was the only remaining ...

A new adaptation following the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is in development, led by producer Blair Russell. The dark musical comedy features music and lyrics by Jennifer Lucy Cook with a book by T ...

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.