In 1692, Bridget Bishop was found guilty of the practice of witchcraft and hanged in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the first colonist executed during the Salem witch trials.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source ... Salem, Massachusetts, believed their misfortunes were the work of the devil. Their anxieties and anger led them to accuse others of ...

The accused never denied witchcraft existed – they denied being part of it. Mary Easty’s calm, reasoned plea exposed cracks ...

Long before the hysteria took hold, something was already brewing in Salem. In part one of this deep dive, we explore the ...

The next meeting of the Windham County Genealogy Interest Group will focus on “Tracing Ancestors in the Salem Witch Trials ” ...

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 ...

A new memorial is being proposed to bring attention to the town’s significant role in the infamous Salem Witch Trials and the injustices which the accused faced.

"This was the Salem Witch Trials of the 1600s. All around the town, these accusations of witchcraft. "People believed that it was possible to possess one another.

Massachusetts school officials criticized for advancing policy that would prevent religious groups like House of Promise ...

Salem School Committee faces potential lawsuit over proposal to ban religious organizations from renting public school space, with critics calling it a First Amendment violation.