An indictment laying out the charges against one of the suspected witches in the 1692 Salem witch trials has been purchased for $26,000cqby a Massachusetts collectorcq. The winner, who bid by ...

The Salem Witch Trials began in June of the same year. The last eight victims were hanged on September 22, 1692. ... Margaret Scott, Mary Eastey, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Willmott Redd, ...

Christie’s Sells Rare Deposition From Salem Witch Trials for $137K The document features detailed descriptions of Mary Daniel's possession, which she credits to sorcery by the elderly widow Scott.

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.

A stone slab now serves as a memorial bench in her honor in the Salem Witch Trials Memorial. In 1692, she was probably about 75 years old, a mother of three, and the widow of Benjamin Scott of Rowley.

The Salem witch trials had a fatality rate of 50%. Universal Images Group via Getty. ... Vanessa Kirby who played Princess Margaret in “The Crown” has another crowning achievement.

In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials.

Witch trials were not unique to Salem. Europe had undergone a witch-hunting craze from the 15th to the 18th centuries, prosecuting an estimated 100,000 people—mostly women—for accusations of ...

Keller @ Large: Political claims of witch hunt disrespects those who died in actual witch hunts 02:42. BOSTON - There's a new push to clear the names of all of those accused, arrested or indicted ...

Y ou don't really need to be a fan of horror films to know of the Salem witch trials. The horrific reality is of course, ...

An indictment laying out the charges against one of the suspected witches in the 1692 Salem witch trials has been purchased for $26,000 by a Massachusetts collector. The winner, who bid by phone ...