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The Salem Witch Trials were a series of legal proceedings in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692-1693 resulting in the deaths of 20 innocent people accused of witchcraft and the vilification of over 200 others based, initially, on the reports of...

Engraving depicted a dramatized scene from the Salem Witch Trails by Joseph E. Baker (c. 1837-1914 CE). Made 1892 CE.

Dig into how the infamous Salem Witch Trials began and why they remain a cautionary tale of the dangers of groupthink and scapegoating. You’ve been accused of a crime you did not commit. It’s impossible to prove your innocence. If you...

The Nuremberg trials (1945-6), held in Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Germany, were a series of trials involving the senior surviving Nazis to hold them accountable for waging war and committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Second...

Why do witch hunts happen? Ask a hundred people, get a hundred different answers - but perhaps, the feverish origin of persecution is not that nebulous after all. Or as far from us as we'd like to think... From Salem to D&D, explore the...

An engraving depicting the Salem Witch Trials, the central figure depicted in the engraving is usually identified as Mary Wolcott (1675 – c. 1752 CE). From Pioneers in the settlement of America: from Florida in 1510 to California in 1849...

Life in Colonial America was difficult and often short but the colonists made the best of their situation in the hopes of a better life for themselves and their families. The early English colonists, used to purchasing what they needed, found...

Baba Yaga (Baba Jaga) is a witch or ogress from Slavic folklore who lives in a magical hut in the forest and either helps, imprisons, or eats people (usually children). She is among the most famous figures from Slavic folklore as guardian...

Roger Williams (l. 1603-1683 CE) was a Puritan separatist minister best known for his conflict with both the Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633-1635 CE, resulting in his banishment and founding of the colony of Providence...

"Examination of a witch" Thomkins H. Matteson (1813–1884 CE). Oil on canvas. Painted 1855 CE. Collection of the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts, USA.