All posts tagged "Salem witch trials"
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8.9K3Crime and ScandalSix Places Where A Gallows Once Stood
So many people died on the gallows in New England that you may well have walked over a spot where someone met...
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2.9K1MassachusettsMargaret Rule and the ‘Smutty’ Cotton Mather
In September of 1693, in the aftermath of the Salem witchcraft hysteria, a Boston girl, Margaret Rule, convinced the town that she...
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3.6K3Massachusetts
Susannah Martin’s Witchcraft Trials Lasted Nearly 25 Years
In 1692, the witch trials in Salem finally put an end to Susannah Martin's life. It was the culmination of a 25-year-long...
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1.2K2ConnecticutHannah Cranna, the Connecticut Witch Who Didn’t Stand Trial
Like most people accused of witchcraft, Hanna Cranna had a difficult temperament. Some might call her a shrew. She demanded favors of...
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2.9K5MassachusettsMary Webster, the Witch of Hadley, Survives a Hanging
A Massachusetts jury acquitted Mary Webster of witchcraft in 1683, but her Hadley neighbors still thought her a witch – especially since...
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7.6K2Today's History Highlights ArchiveSix Loyalist Houses
A Loyalist House was likely to be seized and sold when the American Revolution broke out. Many colonies passed laws that let...
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7.5K3MaineThe Candlemas Massacre and the Salem Witch Trials
One week after two girls in Salem, Mass., begun having strange fits, the Candlemas Massacre wiped out the village of York in...
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3.6KMaineNew England in Early Film
A century before the film Manchester by the Sea was nominated for six Academy Awards, New England played many a starring role on...
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5.3K5MassachusettsThe Crucible, or How Arthur Miller Got the Salem Witch Trials Wrong
Arthur Miller ostensibly wrote his classic drama The Crucible about the Salem witch trials of 1692, but he really wroteabout Sen. Joseph...
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5.1K8MassachusettsThe Salem Witch Trials, or Still Raking It In After All These Years
People still can’t seem to get enough of the Salem witch trials, which remain a mainstay of popular culture 325 years after...