This was alarming to people at the time, and cause them to question the trials ... (The Picture Art Collection / Alamy Stock Photo) The case of Katherine Liddell, an alleged witch from Prestonpans ...

A new exhibition on the Salem witch trials explores how the meaning of ... As in any diverse community, disagreements bubble up. For some of the “old guard” witches who came up in the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A new exhibition at the Springfield Museums aims to resurrect an overlooked chapter of history.

This seminar studies the representation of witches from the late 1400s to the mid-1600s, exploring the violent history of European witch hunts and the use of women’s bodies as a tool for political ...

One is an immersive narration of the 1692 Salem witch trials featuring costumed life-size mannequins, lighting and prerecorded narration, and the second, titled "Witches: Evolving Perceptions ...

Contrary to the legends which surround the trials, no witch was ever burned in Massachusetts. The only deviation from the hanging procedure same in the case of an 81-year-old man, Giles Cory.