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 ...

There are almost 1,000 surviving official documents and several contemporary histories from the Salem witch trials of 1692 and 1693. But little of this relates directly to the 19 hangings that ...

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 features three four-foot-high ...

It’s a cross-disciplinary event. Professor Matt Alschbach commented, “The tragic events that took place in Salem in 1692 have ...

She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review. Her book The Witches: Salem, 1692 comes out in October 2015. How America’s “first politician” galvanized a colony—and ...