The pivotal accuser at the trials, Tituba, would go down in history ... Once she had testified, diabolical books and witches’ meetings, flights and familiars were everywhere.

A new exhibition on the Salem witch trials explores how the meaning of the ... Alongside many of the portraits in Denny’s series, both in the book and in the exhibition, the subjects provide ...

According to a 2002 book called The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege by Marilynne K. Roach, there was a case involving a man named John Bradstreet. Some girls ...

In her book A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials, Laurie Winn Carlson draws on these events at length in the first few chapters; they make fascinating reading.

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 ...

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 Witch House is the only structure in Salem still standing that has direct ties to the 1692 witch trials. Because of this, it is a crucial stop on any Salem itinerary (and included on many of ...