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 ...

Jurors were seated Tuesday for the trial of Richard Allen, a man accused of the 2017 murders of two teenage girls during a ...

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 ...

Statistics is just one way to tell the tale of the infamous Salem witch trials. In just 16 months between February ... claimed she and the girls had ridden broomsticks and signed a book offered to her ...

The cast of Salem's Lot have a healthy (nay, bloodthirsty) appreciation for Stephen King's works. Based on the prolific horror author's 1975 book of the same name — which marked his sophomore ...

“A lot of tours will focus on just the witch trials or just ghost stories. We combine so our travelers will learn about our maritime history. They’ll also do a deep dive into the Salem witch ...