In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials.

Salem Village, Massachusetts, became the epicenter of a notorious series of witch trials fueled by fear, superstition, and ...

Long before the hysteria took hold, something was already brewing in Salem. In part one of this deep dive, we explore the ...

Witch trials were not unique to Salem. Europe had undergone a witch-hunting craze from the 15th to the 18th centuries, prosecuting an estimated 100,000 people—mostly women—for accusations of ...

Elizabeth Johnson Jr., a woman convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s, was finally exonerated after years of petitioning by Massachusetts teacher Carrie LaPierre and ...

Some 375 years after the state’s witch trials, historians and descendants from a witch exoneration group are championing a resolution that would apologize to those accused of witchcraft. By Maya ...

In an exhibition at this year’s Belfast Photo Festival, Antón exhibits imagery based on real testimony from the 17th century ...

Fear + trigger = scapegoat" is displayed at the Salem Witch Museum, a popular tourist attraction in Massachusetts where I ...

A new book How to Kill a Witch brings a dark period of history back to grisly life – and an official tartan is being released to memorialise some of those who were tortured and killed.

The history of the Salem witch trials is well-known to individuals with a solid grasp of colonial-era history. (At least, it is to me. Having grown up about 35 miles from Salem, ...

Of the accused, 34 people were indicted and 11 were executed for witchcraft. While Salem is famous for its witch trials, Connecticut’s history is a story not often told.

Witch trials often relied on accusations by local people, with cases fuelled by fear, superstition and social tensions. Witchcraft was criminalised in England by Acts of Parliament issued in 1542, ...