Established in 1637, this cemetery is a frequent stop on many of Salem's best ghost tours. Famous Salem residents such as Judge John Hathorne (one of the main judges in the witch trials), Gov.

The pivotal accuser at the trials, Tituba, would go down in history ... As often as we have revisited Salem—on the page, on the stage and on the screen—we have failed to unpack a crucial ...

Left, Klaus Leidorf; right: Landon Nordeman Children playing near a hillside gravel mine found the first graves ... local analogue, the Salem, Massachusetts, witch hunts of the 1690s.

The statement is an apology for his role as one of the three judges in the Salem witch trials, where nineteen people were wrongly accused of witchcraft and put to death. Sewall will be the only ...

For all the notoriety which the judgment of history has fastened upon the Salem witch-hunts, the true story of the trials is a little-known one. It is an intensely dramatic story, numbering among ...

In her book A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials, Laurie Winn Carlson draws on these events at length in the first few chapters; they make fascinating reading.

Tatum and his daughter also went on a cemetery tour ... for the first time and learn as much as possible about the Salem Witch trials," Witch City Walking Tours posted. "It was so much fun ...

Halloween may be months away, but it’s never too early (or too late) to celebrate — especially in Salem, which is known for its dark history of witch trials, haunted places and paranormal ...

Stops on the tour include the Old Burying Point Cemetery, the seaport and the ... While walking you'll learn about the Salem Witch Trials, maritime history and how Salem became known as "Witch ...