Such is the context for the Peabody Essex Museum’s restrained and scholarly installation, “The Salem Witch Trials 1692.” “You can walk down Essex Street and get your witch hat and your ...

‘The Salem Witch Trials 1692’ Review: Hysteria That Made History Though it boasts a rich collection of artifacts, the Peabody Essex Museum’s exhibition fails to make sense of the colonial ...

BACK in 1692, a group of teenage girls claimed to be possessed and began accusing neighbours of practising witchcraft. They sparked a witch hunt in the small community and, as hysteria rose, a cour… ...

At first glance, the Salem witch trials of 1692 seem like a putrid, horrifying excrescence straight out of medieval Europe. Not only were many innocents hanged, but one victim, Giles Corey, was ...

This week, Jared Bowen brings us a layered examination of the Salem Witch Trials at the Peabody Essex Museum and a historic, new play presented by New Repertory Theatre. Plus, a preview of what’s in ...

It seems to me the organization of “Salem Witch Hunters of 1692” have invaded our society and now are focused on transgender issues. It is time we stop and take a look in the mirror of what ...

In CNN interview and over social media, Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll gives context to President Trump’s Salem Witch Trials claim. Sports Jobs Cars USA TODAY Horoscopes Weather Obituaries eNewspaper ...

An installation at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., uses artifacts and primary sources to tell the true story of the city’s notorious episode of paranoia and persecution.