Witch trails

Execution at the gallows. Photography by Katerina Plotnikova.

Salem, Massachusetts

The Salem witch trials of 1692 are pretty well-known, but many people get the facts wrong. Let's look at five facts you may not know about Salem.

These six trials were part of the worldwide witch hunt frenzy.

The first person to be convicted for witchcraft crimes and hanged for it in colonial America was Alice ‘Alse’ Young, a resident of Windsor, Connecticut.

The Salem witch trials of 1692-1693 culminating in about 72 trials and 20 executions. Biographies of those accused - B

Roger Knapp was born about 1618 in England and came to New England in the early 1640s. He eventually settled in Fairfield in the colony of N...

For Latter-day Saints, the revelation now comprising Doctrine and Covenants 111 holds a bit of mystery and mystique. It documents a trip to Salem, Massachusetts, and speaks of silver and gold in the city. The small contingent of leaders, consisting of Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Oliver Cowdery, were promised they would discover […]

"Some historians suggested the heavy stones were used to trap the witch’s spirit in her grave."