The campaign for the 350 year-old house in Beverly, Massachusetts, brings to life the brutality of bitter winters in Puritan ...

A Beverly, Massachusetts home with ties to the Salem witch trials is on sale for $600,000. The property was once owned by William Cleaves, related to victim Giles Corey. The 1675 home features ...

Editor’s note: This article was updated at 3:10 p.m. March 7 to correct the number of families that have lived at the house ... of witchcraft. In 1692, during the Salem witch trials, Corey ...

Giles Corey, a farmer accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, pleaded “not guilty.” He didn’t believe he’d achieve a fair trial and refused to speak. He was subsequently ...

In 1692, the colonial town of Salem, Massachusetts, became caught up in a fervor over alleged witchcraft. In her new book “The Witches,” Stacy Schiff explores what led a group of Puritans to ...

to determine if they indeed practiced witchcraft. So began the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Over the following months, more than 150 men and women in and around Salem were jailed on ...

Of the accused, 34 people were indicted and 11 were executed for witchcraft. While Salem is famous for its witch trials ... it was near the Old State House.” It’s Young’s case that sparked ...

During the Salem witch trials, Corwin was one of several judges who presided over the pretrial examinations of citizens accused of witchcraft. Today, the house is open to the public as a museum ...

The Salem witch trials are famous, but throughout history thousands were executed for the impossible crime of witchcraft. Most suspects were poor women, elderly, indigenous people or disabled ...

Maryland is the most recent state to introduce legislation to exonerate those convicted of witchcraft centuries ago. But why ...

In the U.S., these same principles applied to the vilifying of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials which occurred between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing "Devil ...

If you're heading to Salem, you should set aside some time for a visit to the Salem Witch Trials Memorial. Built to honor the victims who died during the 1692 witchcraft hysteria, the memorial ...