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

Among the most produced plays since its 1953 debut, The Crucible is both a gripping historical drama and an evergreen parable ...

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

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 ...

A new memorial is being proposed to bring attention to the town’s significant role in the infamous Salem Witch Trials and the ...

The next meeting of the Windham County Genealogy Interest Group will focus on “Tracing Ancestors in the Salem Witch Trials ” ...

“I write on behalf of my client, House of Promise Church, to demand that you immediately cease any effort to discriminate ...

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 individuals were ...

In 1610, Englishman Lord De La Warr arrived at the Jamestown settlement to take charge of the Virginia Colony. In 1692, the first execution resulting from the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts took ...

Norway surrendered to Germany during World War II, with King Haakon and members of the government fleeing to Britain.

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.

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, ...