In 1692, 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 ...

There were witch trials in England but, Langlands-Scott points out that "Ireland and Wales only had one or two trials each as they believed in the fairies, whereas in Scotland [their belief] was ...

A new book How to Kill a Witch brings a dark period of history back to grisly life – and an official tartan is being released to memorialise some of those who were tortured and killed.

The Salem Witch Trials prove how fear can spiral out of control. It started with a few strange accusations, but soon, neighbors turned on each other, trials were held, and innocent people were put ...

Rebecca Nurse was a well-known woman hung in the 1692 Salem Witch Trials By Courtney Sisk • Published October 30, 2024 • Updated on November 3, 2024 at 10:21 am ...

What The Evidence Really Says About The Role Of Dogs At the Salem Witch Trials It was 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. Witches were on trial — but so were the town’s dogs.

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 ...

The 15 th through 17 th centuries saw a wave of “witch hunts” break out across the Western world: the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, the 1428 Valais Hexen hunts in what is now ...

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 ...

While the Salem witch trials involved trying more than 150 people across the Atlantic Ocean in Europe, where the Little Ice Age also wreaked havoc, about 100,000 people were tried for witchcraft.