Almost anyone could be accused of practicing witchcraft in 1692, but specific individuals were singled out for suspicion.

In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials. Nearly four ...

The Salem witch trials took place in a period of New England history when women were accused of being witches. These accusations were deadly in some cases. It wasn't until 2022 that the last woman ...

The Cobourg, Ontario Celtic folk duo released Salem, a new single drawing from the Salem Witch Trials and the final words of ...

I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Nineteen people accused of witchcraft ...

Haylee Gilmore is a writer, artist, and avid book reader based in Pittsburgh, PA. She is a Point Park University graduate in the English Creative Writing Program. Her dream goal is to become a fiction ...

Vogue’s go-to astrologer speaks to a handful of modern witches living in and around Salem to get their tips on how to experience the city’s spiritual side.

A 2002 Classic Chronicle visit highlights Salem's long history through candy making, historic buildings and stories that ...

(The Conversation) — Dogs appeared several times during testimonies, typically because an accused witch was believed to have had a dog who would do her bidding, or because the devil appeared in the ...