Witches are a big deal in Salem's modern culture. The city's association with witchcraft has been capitalized on from films like 1993's "Hocus Pocus" to the annual Halloween festivities that draw in ...

The “Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming” exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum draws parallels between the country’s most infamous example of mass hysteria and current culture.

Magic is afoot at the New-York Historical Society, where a new exhibition revisits a dark chapter in U.S. history: the Salem Witch Trials.Between early 1692 and mid-1693, more than 200 people were ...

The new exhibition, “The Salem Witch Trials 1692,” which documents the hysteria that led to the deaths of 25 people accused, is PEM’s first in-depth look in nearly 30 years at the real-life ...

When it comes to popular exhibitions at Peabody Essex, the Salem witch trials always draw a crowd. "For the past three years, we've had an exhibition on particular elements of the witch trials ...

Autumn is the perfect time to delve into the fun, fantasy and fright associated with Halloween, with perhaps no place better for it than Salem — famous for the Salem Witch Trials — making it a ...

The Salem Witch Trials Memorial is lined with the pleas of the victims. Photo by Charlie Weber. It was during the exceedingly hot summer of 1692 when Puritan judges in Salem, an English settlement ...

This week, Jared Bowen brings us a layered examination of the Salem Witch Trials at the Peabody Essex Museum and a historic, new play presented by New Repertory Theatre. Plus, a preview of what’s in ...

The Salem witch trials, a dark chapter in colonial Massachusetts history (1692-1693), saw over 200 accused and 20 executed for witchcraft. ... Image credit: lexica.art. The girls, ...

Explore Hale Farm, where an eyewitness wrote a 1702 book about the Salem Witch Trials and programs will take place this October. The historic property will host special events this October. Skip ...