"I found out that my eight-times-great-grandmother on the maternal side was convicted of witchcraft in Salem in 1692 ... Deborah's descendant was one of the witch trial… accusers.

Centrally located in downtown Salem, the Salem Witch Trials Memorial is open every day from dawn to dusk and free to enter. For more information, visit the Salem tourism board's website.

Channing Tatum and his family were treated, not tricked, to a three-day tour of the Salem Witch Trial sites ... Download the ...

Five die in jail, one is crushed to death and 19 die on the gallows. The Salem witch trials have long been regarded as the textbook example of what happens when people are overwhelmed by hysteria.

The Salem Witch Museum is perfect for first-time visitors to Salem. Founded in 1972, this museum offers two types of presentations: One is an immersive narration of the 1692 Salem witch trials ...

In her book A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials, Laurie Winn Carlson draws on these events at length in the first few chapters; they make fascinating reading.