the 1692-93 Salem witch trials involved a series of hearings and prosecutions, ultimately resulting in the death of 27 people considered to be 'afflicted' by the 'Devil’s magic.' The infamous ...

In this image provided by the Peabody Essex Museum, Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, PEM's Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Executive Director and CEO, left, and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief ...

DANVERS — After years of neglect to one of the most important sites of the Salem Witch Trials that still stands ... St. was built in the 1670s. In 1692, it served as an epicenter of gossip ...

Today’s Salem is a strange place, at once alluring and off-putting. This former haunt of terrified, grudge-holding (and doomed) Puritans bursts with witch museums, statues, tours, workshops ...

Salem, Massachusetts, 1692: It's an ... and use of the phrase "witch hunt" in our everyday language. You might think you already know the story of the Salem Witch Trials, but you may be surprised.

BOSTON (AP) — Hundreds of court documents from the 1692 Salem Witch Trials are being transferred from the Salem museum where they have been stored for more than four decades to the newly ...