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

“This is a book about borders. It’s a book about physical borders, and it’s also a book about metaphysical borders,” ...

New research shows that the printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg, helped spread conspiracies that fueled the Salem ...

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

The exhibit features art and objects that mediums and magicians used during the Spiritualism movement in the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as work by contemporary artists and magic performances.

Dogs appeared several times during testimonies typically because an accused witch was believed to have had a dog who would do ...

Halloween is almost here, and that means it’s time for ghosts, supernatural creatures and, of course, witches. Perhaps the ...

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

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 ...