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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this 1869 oil painting 'Witch Hill (The Salem Martyr)' by Thomas Satterwhite Noble, the young woman posing as a condemned witch ...

It's never too late to right a historical wrong -- even if that restoration of justice comes nearly 330 years later.Elizabeth Johnson Jr., a woman convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials ...

Witches are a big deal in Salem’s modern culture. The city’s association with witchcraft has been capitalized on from films like 1993's “Hocus Pocus” to the annual Halloween festivities that draw in ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristin Harris, a 33-year-old Salem witch trial tour guide. It has been edited for length and clarity. I moved to Salem for grad school in 2013. I ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SALEM, Mass. — The Massachusetts community where 20 people suspected of witchcraft were put to death in 1692 unveiled a memorial to 19 of those victims on ...

A memorial stands at the site in Salem, Mass., where five women were hanged as witches more than three centuries years earlier. AP/Stephan Savoia BOSTON — It took more than three centuries, but the ...

As Halloween approaches, many people’s thoughts turn to witches, demons, and devils. For the last several years, I’ve spent many of my waking hours thinking about these sinister beings. I’ve been ...