The Pemigewasset Valley Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will present “The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What the Primary Sources Tell Us” on Saturday, Jan. 3, at 10:30 ...

In 1692, many people in Salem were falsely accused of witchcraft — an infamous part of Massachusetts history, known as the Salem Witch Trials. Your 2025 guide to Salem’s Haunted Happenings As ...

(The Conversation) — Dogs appeared several times during testimonies, typically because an accused witch was believed to have had a dog who would do her bidding, or because the devil appeared in the ...

SALEM, MA -- A team of researchers using historical documents and 21st-century archaeological techniques has confirmed the site where 19 innocent people were hanged during the Salem witch trials more ...

A Biblical "concordance" belonging to a judge from the Salem Witch Trials is up for auction tomorrow, Aug. 27 A "concordance" is a sort of reference book The item will be auctioned online on the ...

What happens when a teacher inspires her students to take on history? In the case of Carrie LaPierre's eighth grade class at North Andover Middle School, it inspired a sojourn into the Salem Witch ...

SALEM — The Peabody Essex Museum will be opening its newest ongoing exhibition Saturday – “The Salem Witch Trials: 1692”, which features authentic objects and documents that are hoped to provide ...

Seventy-eight percent of the people executed for witchcraft in New England in the late 17th and early 18th centuries were women. Jef Thompson/Shutterstock.com When powerful men cry witch, they’re ...

With fall in full swing, New Englanders everywhere are picking the last apples of the season and starting to prepare for Halloween. At Massachusetts' oldest apple orchard, you can do both. Founded ...

Four new books offer readers a rich volume of cartoons with “Far Side”-level wit, but also go deep on a diverse array of real ...

A destination for craft spirits and cocktails is bidding farewell in Lehigh County. Gallows Hills Spirits Co., a Salem witch ...