The infamous witch trials may have put this Boston suburb on the map, but they’ve also overshadowed much of its magic. Here’s ...

Salem Witch Trials Memorial is ranked #3 out of 14 things to do in Salem, MA. See pictures and our review of Salem Witch Trials Memorial.

Such is the context for the Peabody Essex Museum’s restrained and scholarly installation, “The Salem Witch Trials 1692.” “You can walk down Essex Street and get your witch hat and your ...

Taking place in 1692 and 1693, the Salem witch trials were held in towns across northeastern Massachusetts. The center of the trials was Salem Village, or the modern day town of Danvers, according ...

George Burroughs (c.1652 –1690) reciting the Lord's Prayer before his execution at Witches Hill, Salem, Massachusetts, on 19 August 1690, after being accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials.

The Salem witch trials are more than just a historical curiosity. ... up to 200 people—mostly women—were accused of practicing witchcraft in colonial Salem, Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Johnson Jr., a woman convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s, was finally exonerated after years of petitioning by Massachusetts teacher Carrie LaPierre and ...

Salem’s oldest cemetery, the Old Burying Point Cemetery holds 700 headstones and 17 box tombs dating back to the 17 th century. Wooden grave markers, often called “coffin posts” or “coffin ...

The Salem Witch Memorial in Salem, Massachusetts Photo by Jim Davis / The Boston Globe via Getty Images Not long after the conclusion of the Salem witch trials, residents of colonial Massachusetts ...