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. “Salem was the tail end.

The bottle contained human teeth, fish hooks, and a mysterious liquid. It was found during roof repairs on the former home of ...

The Salem witch trials are famous, but throughout history thousands were executed for the impossible crime of witchcraft. Most suspects were poor women, elderly, indigenous people or disabled ...

The pivotal accuser at the trials, Tituba, would go down in history ... As often as we have revisited Salem—on the page, on the stage and on the screen—we have failed to unpack a crucial ...

More than 200 people—mostly women—were accused of ... A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society (N-YHS), “The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming,” transports viewers ...

She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024 ... and her discovering a family connection to the Salem witch trials that she didn’t even realize when she began writing about the occult.

In 1692, the colonial town of Salem, Massachusetts ... Stacy Schiff explores what led a group of Puritans to execute 19 people. She sits down with… ...

A 350-year-old estate linked to the Salem witch trials and the Revolutionary War is on the market in Beverly. Located at 252 Essex St. in Beverly, the home was originally constructed by William ...

During the Salem witch trials, Corwin was one of several judges ... one of Salem's most haunted destinations (the spirits of the people Corwin sentenced to death supposedly haunt its halls).

“These people should never have been accused ... conviction was the last to remain standing from the notorious Salem Witch Trials. Connecticut followed with its own witch exonerations ...

Many travelers recommend stopping here to remember the people who lost their lives ... Centrally located in downtown Salem, the Salem Witch Trials Memorial is open every day from dawn to dusk ...