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

Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO — The next meeting of the Windham County Genealogy Interest Group will focus on “Tracing Ancestors in the Salem Witch Trials ” and “Using Cemetery Directories to Find ...

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.

A new study discovered what started the 'witch craze' that spurred 300 years of persecution, including the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts. It turns out the printing press is to blame.

Published: October 15, 2024 8:29am EDT An illustration of a court scene during the late-17th century witch trials in Salem, Mass. Christine_Kohler/iStock via Getty Images Plus ...

A copy of the Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches ) on view at the Salem Witch Trials exhibit at The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA on Sept. 24, 2020.

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.

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The Connecticut Witch Trials occurred from 1647 to 1663, more than four decades before the trials in Salem, Massachusetts. It’s one of the oldest documented parts of our state’s history, and ...

Well, we invite you to think beyond Boston! Well, don’t get us wrong - we know Beantown is truly awesome (who doesn't love a good Fenway Park outing?), but there's a whole world of Massachusetts ...