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

When four young girls from Salem Village began having mysterious fits in 1692, they accused Bishop of sending her spirit to ...

Salem Village, Massachusetts, became the epicenter of a notorious series of witch trials fueled by fear, superstition, and social tensions. Over the course of a year, more than 200 individuals were ...

T.H. Matteson, Examination of a Witch, 1853 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between early 1692 and mid-1693. More than 200 people were ...

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

In spring 1692, a handful of women in the New England town of Salem Village had been arrested on “suspicion of acts of witchcraft” when authorities issued a warrant for Dorothy Good, age 4 ...

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 ...

Janice Thompson's new book, "Dry Tinder: A Tale of Rivalry and Injustice in Salem Village," was in the making for nearly 20 years. Thompson, 50, now of Harpswell, Maine, moved to Ashland with her ...

The committee, in its report, cites Ingersoll’s Tavern specifically, writing that it “has potentially the strongest ties to the 1692 Salem Village Witch-Hunt out of all structures still ...

T.H. Matteson, Examination of a Witch, 1853 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between early 1692 and mid-1693. More than 200 people were ...