Founded in 1972, this museum offers two types of presentations: One is an immersive narration of the 1692 Salem witch trials featuring costumed life-size mannequins, lighting and prerecorded ...

The Peabody Essex Museum has announced a list of exhibitions and programs as a part of the city of Salem’s 2026 ...

A 300-year-old rare book that details events said to have inspired the infamous Salem Witch Trials will go on display. The book, from 1716, was purchased by two charities for Moyse's Hall Museum ...

During the Salem witch trials, Corwin was one of several judges who presided over the pretrial examinations of citizens accused of witchcraft. Today, the house is open to the public as a museum ...

The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish Witchcraft Act Sarah Kuta On this day in 1690, "Publick Occurrences ...

Salem, Massachusetts is best known for the Witch Trials of 1692. That history turned the small town into a Halloween destination, with more than 1 million people flocking there in the month of October ...

The Shocking History and Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials What fueled the frenzy that sent so many to their deaths in colonial America? And how did Americans reckon with the aftermath of the panic ...

The last proceedings of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts ended in 1693. But 331 years later, religious witch hunts remain a common — if not well-publicized — occurrence in countries ...

In 1692, the colonial town of Salem, Massachusetts, became caught up in a fervor over alleged witchcraft. In her new book “The Witches,” Stacy Schiff explores what led a group of Puritans to ...