At a pretrial hearing in 1692, Judge John Hathorne scowled at Sarah Good and thundered, “What evil spirit have you familiarity with?” Today a half-decent defense attorney would object on ...

Hawthorne, born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, was the great-grandson of Judge John Hathorne, one of the most fervent prosecutors in the town’s witchcraft trials. Hathorne played a ...