"The Hale's trials are considered to have inspired the Salem Witch Trials," Mr Clarke ... Mr Clarke said the museum believed the book still had its original binding and it looked "brand new".

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.

If you thought that accusations of witchcraft were a quaint moral panic surely left behind in the Salem witch trial era ...

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 ...

The last proceedings of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts ended in 1693. But 331 years later, religious witch hunts remain a common — if not well-publicized — occurrence in countries ...

The books recounts the witch trials historians believe inspired the Salem trials in the United States of America.