The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between early 1692 and mid-1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the devil’s magic—and 20 were executed. In 1711, ...

In 1692, Salem Village, Massachusetts, became the epicenter of a notorious series of witch trials fueled by fear, superstition, and social tensions. Over the course of a year, more than 200 ...

17 th century New England saw its fair share of witch hysteria, with neighbors accusing neighbors of heresy. Some of the most infamous trials played out in Salem, Massachusetts, but as a new ...

It’s one of the oldest documented parts of our state’s history, and also one of the darkest. The Connecticut Witch Trials occurred from 1647 to 1663, more than four decades before the trials in Salem, ...

University of Massachusetts provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what ...

SPRINGFIELD — Years before people accused of being witches were tortured, tried and hanged in Salem, witch hysteria swept through Springfield when a prominent couple began acting strangely in the eyes ...

NORTH ANDOVER — As tens of thousands of revelers descend on Salem, every Halloween because of the witch trials of 1692 and 1693, towns in the Merrimack Valley have stories seldom heard, including ...