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The first person to be convicted for witchcraft crimes and hanged for it in colonial America was Alice ‘Alse’ Young, a resident of Windsor, Connecticut.

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The brutality of the events in Massachusetts saw innocent lives lost, but also shocked the continent against further persecutions

Personal effects of a "mad genius" by Craig Conley

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😱 One of my friends told me about a powerful lesson in her daughter's school class recently. They're learning about the Salem Witch Trials, and their...

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Investigations into the alleged Smurl haunting determined the claims to be a hoax. What was going on in the Smurl duplex in the 1970s?

With the release of "Hocus Pocus 2," Salem is having a moment. Here’s what to know about the biggest myths surrounding the Salem Witch trials.

The Salem witch trials of the 1690s have an iconic place in American lore. But before the Salem witch hunt, there was the “Great Hunt”: a larger, more prolonged European phenomenon between 1560 and 1630 that led to 80,000 accusations and 40,000 deaths. Why’d it happen? Well, as with the Salem witch trials, there are a lot of theories. In the past, scholars have suggested that bad weather, decreased income, and weak government could have contributed to the witch trial period in Europe. But…

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Though it boasts a rich collection of artifacts, the Peabody Essex Museum’s exhibition fails to make sense of the colonial-era frenzy.

A good alternate to hanging witches.