On this day in 1690, "Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick" attracted colonial officials' ire by repeating a scandalous rumor and condemning a British alliance with the Mohawk Meilan ...

Yet the series of witch trials that stand out the most are those that occurred in Salem over the course of several months in the early 1690s. Between 144 and 185 women, children, and men were ...

On June 10, the first witch was hanged on Salem's Gallows ... day in September, eight men and women were hanged. Contrary to the legends which surround the trials, no witch was ever burned in ...

Lawmakers in Maryland’s General Assembly will start their session by tackling some weighty issues, but then comes a different ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

An illustration of the trial of George Jacobs, who was hanged during the Salem witch trials in 1692. More than 200 people were accused during the trials, and 20 were executed, making it the ...

While the Salem Witch Trials might be the most familiar historical ... where only 10-30% of the accused were men. Additionally, as far back as the 17th century, women who had jobs were much ...

Ms Jones, who appeared in Coronation Street between 2000 and 2004, also travels to Germany, and to Massachusetts in the USA where the Salem witch trials took place in the 1690s. Hailing from ...