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 ...

to determine if they indeed practiced witchcraft. So began the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Over the following months, more than 150 men and women in and around Salem were jailed on ...

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 ...

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

Giles Corey, a farmer accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, pleaded “not guilty.” He didn’t believe he’d achieve a fair trial and refused to speak. He was subsequently ...

The last proceedings of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts ended in ... have also been targeted for allegedly practicing witchcraft. And while the practice is often thought of as a relic ...

arguably the most well-known American witch trials, justice has only recently been served. In May 2022, Massachusetts lawmakers exonerated the last of the Salem "witches," Elizabeth Johnson Jr ...

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 ...

One is an immersive narration of the 1692 Salem witch trials featuring costumed life-size mannequins, lighting and prerecorded narration, and the second, titled "Witches: Evolving Perceptions ...

The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish Witchcraft ... exhibition on the Salem witch trials explores ...