Kristin Harris works as a tour guide in Salem, Massachusetts, during the month of October. She gives historically accurate Salem Witch Trial walking tours that are two hours long. Harris said she ...

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 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, ...

SALEM — A powerful moment emerged at the Salem Witch Trials memorial this past weekend, but it would’ve only been caught by those reading scraps of paper left behind. “Today, I was visiting the Salem ...

SALEM, MA -- A team of researchers using historical documents and 21st-century archaeological techniques has confirmed the site where 19 innocent people were hanged during the Salem witch trials more ...

Located about half an hour north of Boston, the coastal town of Salem, Massachusetts seems to give off a spooky vibe all year long. To those of us who grew up here in the eastern part of the Bay State ...

In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials. Nearly four ...

The Massachusetts community where 20 people suspected of witchcraft were put to death in 1692 unveiled a memorial to 19 of those victims on Wednesday, promising never to forget the tragedy. The ...