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.

The Sandwich Public Library will host local author Dan Gagnon as he discusses his book, “A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution ...

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

Reproductive Rites’ unearths the untold story of abortion witch hunts, from the days of Socrates through the Salem Witch ...

This 1685 oil on card portrait shows Samuel Parris, the pastor who led the Salem witch hunt in 1692. The early accusations against his family helped ignite the hysteria that led to mass trials and ...

Linda Reiter stars as the title character in Shattered Globe Theatre’s production of “Becky Nurse of Salem,” as a tour guide ...

Sophie Saint Thomas: In my research, I particularly became struck by modern “witches’” obsession with the Salem Witch Trials. Many sources declare these the “deadliest witch hunt in North ...

13 life-size stage sets depicting the Salem witch hunt and the exhibit “Witches: Evolving Perceptions” where guests learn about the European witch trials and the background of the Salem witch ...