The accused never denied witchcraft existed – they denied being part of it. Mary Easty’s calm, reasoned plea exposed cracks in the court's case.

And yet, here I was, giving one witch—the witch who held my hand in her decades-old Salem storefront—my confidence over another. I can’t validate the TikTok witch’s credentials.

Halloween Witches in Salem Museums. ... Pass the House of the Seven Gables, the old cemetery, Winter Island and much more. Year Round Witchery in and around Salem Village.

On May 16, 1692, a 45-year-old Amesbury, Massachusetts, man named John Kimball testified against Susanna Martin, a 71-year-old widow, saying, among other things, that she had caused a “black ...

What happens when a teacher inspires her students to take on history? In the case of Carrie LaPierre's eighth grade class at North Andover Middle School, it inspired a sojourn into the Salem Witch ...

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.

Between the campy wax museums and the over-hyped psychic festivals, it's easy to paint Salem as nothing more than a cheesy weekend outing barely worth the $7.50 it costs to get there by train. But ...

Elizabeth Johnson Jr. was a single 22-year-old resident of Andover, Mass., in 1692 when the Salem witch trials started. By the time the pandemonium reached Johnson’s town, accused women had ...

Salem is infamously known for the witch trials of 1692, which ran for a little under a year. Around 150 people were jailed for witchcraft and 14 women and five men were hanged. Annemarie Duggan, a ...