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.

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

Check out our list of movies (and a TV show) that take place in and around Salem for the perfect Halloween vibes.

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

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

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

It’s one of the oldest documented parts of our state’s history, and also one of the darkest. The Connecticut Witch Trials ...

For those itching to explore less obvious New England destinations, here are some unexpected towns worth visiting in the fall ...

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 ...

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