Salem Village, Massachusetts, became the epicenter of a notorious series of witch trials fueled by fear, superstition, and social tensions. Over the course of a year, more than 200 individuals were ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

It was 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. Witches were on trial — but so were the town’s dogs. ... On May 16, 1692, a 45-year-old Amesbury, Massachusetts, ... CC BY-NC-SA. Kimball’s ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...