Although Robert Ballad, the leader of the team that discovered ... Even when the story of the Salem Witch Trials is told with accuracy, the distance of centuries can make it hard to imagine.

Maryland is the most recent state to introduce legislation to exonerate those convicted of witchcraft centuries ago. But why ...

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 ...