Giles Corey, a farmer accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, pleaded “not guilty ... 79 of an acre, the 2,315-square-foot home looks almost plucked out of Corey’s era thanks ...

The pivotal accuser at the trials, Tituba, would go down in history ... As often as we have revisited Salem—on the page, on the stage and on the screen—we have failed to unpack a crucial ...

The name of this famed Salem attraction can be misleading – it was never home to any witches –nevertheless ... that has direct ties to the 1692 witch trials. Because of this, it is a crucial ...

What fueled the frenzy that sent so many to their deaths in colonial America? And how did Americans reckon with the aftermath of the panic? --- For more videos from Smithsonian Magazine: https ...

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 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 ...

US Ghost Adventures is hosting a "Halfway 2 Halloween Spooktacular" in Salem this spring. Several themed tours are offered, ...

For all the notoriety which the judgment of history has fastened upon the Salem witch-hunts, the true story of the trials is a little ... in the evening at the home of the local minister, the ...

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 ...