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 ...

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 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 ...

a central figure in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 Mackenzie Schmidt is the Home and Travel Editor for PEOPLE. She's worked at PEOPLE for over five years as a writer and editor on the Lifestyle team.

A priest and a doctor reached many a conclusion, but the truth was that the girls had indulged in ... and executed for ...

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

Every great series has that one episode where everything quietly shifts. That one episode where a supporting character becomes essential and where the tone deepens without losing its charm.