One reason, particularly in Salem Village, was strife and factionalism as arguments over who the ministers should be, pitting neighbors against one another.

Salem, Massachusetts, has a fifth season in its calendar year: Halloween. Right now is the perfect time to take a trip to "Witch City." ...

The Witch History Museumfeatures life-size scenes depicting events from the 1692 Salem witch trials. The stories are told through a historically accurate live presentation and tour where you'll walk ...

The lo-fi subgenre often wincingly referred to as “drag” or “witch house” has become a focal point for those with a fondness for heavy drone and electro inhumanity; Salem, the Midwestern ...

I visited Salem, Massachusetts, as the town prepped for Halloween. Here are 11 things that surprised me about the spooky historic village.

SALEM — For almost two centuries beginning around the year 1500, tens of thousands of people were put to death across Europe. They were suspected of being witches. Many were executed after witch ...

They were a series of trials of supposed "witches" in Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts that began in the summer of 1692. By the time they came to an end the following year, twenty people ...

The “Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming” exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum draws parallels between the country’s most infamous example of mass hysteria and current culture.

The Salem witch trials took place during a time of widespread panic and paranoia. Between early 1692 and mid-1693, more than 200 people in colonial Salem Town and Salem Village (modern-day Danvers ...

In 1993, Bette Midler, in her inimitable role as witch Winifred Sanderson, cast a spell on fans of “Hocus Pocus,” and Salem does likewise to its visitors.