Women with lime green pigmentation, pointed hats and elongated, pimpled noses are one of the primary emblems of Halloween. They’re the ones plastered on the walls of elementary schools during the fall ...

The Salem witch trials took place in a period of New England history when women were accused of being witches. These accusations were deadly in some cases. It wasn’t until 2022 that the last woman ...

On March 1, 1692, Salem, Massachusetts, authorities interrogated Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and an Indian slave, Tituba, to determine if they indeed practiced witchcraft. So began the infamous Salem ...

“Witch hunt” – it’s a refrain used to deride everything from impeachment inquiries and sexual assault investigations to allegations of corruption. When powerful men cry witch, they’re generally not ...

Sitting in one of Wellesley College professor Julie Walsh’s most in-demand classes — “Philosophy and Witchcraft” — you might envision historic Salem and conjure up the image of a witch trial. But ...

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The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between early 1692 and mid-1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the devil’s magic—and 20 were executed. In 1711, ...

(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 ...