An installation at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., uses artifacts and primary sources to tell the true story of the ...

I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Nineteen people accused of ...

Somerville author Lesley Bannatyne recounts Halloween's roots, while writer Sam Baltrusis explores Salem's dark past ...

The witchy folklore of this mysterious Massachusetts city draws thousands of visitors every October, but residents offer ...

Salem, famous for the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, welcomes more than 1 million ... (Kristi Palma/Boston.com) As brush fires ...

SALEM, Mass. – A fire continues to burn in Salem, Massachusetts, as tourists flock to the town ahead of Halloween. The smoke ...

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 ...

Salem, Massachusetts needs no introduction. This New England town is famous for being the site of the 1692 Witch Trials, the ...

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 ...

On May 16, 1692, a 45-year-old Amesbury, Massachusetts, man named John Kimball testified against Susanna Martin, a 71-year-old widow, saying, among other things, that she had caused a “black ...