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

The 15 th through 17 th centuries saw a wave of “witch hunts” break out across the Western world: the Salem Witch Trials in ...

I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what ...

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 ...

Each week we pause to ponder the truths available to us from the pages of history. We browse through the annals of the ...

her trial technically wasn't part of the Salem witch trials. Her trial has a few similarities to the real-life Salem witch trials, but the biggest difference is that it has a huge impact.

The first Chicago production by Shattered Globe Theatre stars Linda Reiter as the descendent of a woman executed during the ...

Efforts have ramped up to save one of the most important sites linked to the Salem Witch Trials that's still standing today. A Change.org petition to save Ingersoll's Tavern at 199 Hobart St. in ...

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 ...

Ojai Art Center Theater continues its 85th season with an American classic by playwright Arthur Miller. “The Crucible,” the ...

DANVERS — Efforts have ramped up to save one of the most important sites linked to the Salem Witch Trials that’s still standing today. A Change.org petition to save Ingersoll’s Tavern at 199 ...