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Haunted History: Salem Witch Trials Ghosts

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Dorcas Hoar: The Fortune Teller Spared for Her Soul's Survival

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The Salem Witch Trials and Robert Eggers' The Witch

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Witch Trial Stories Across the River from Salem in Historic Beverly with Roger Herson

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Confessions and Tragedy: The Andover Witch Hunt

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Ann Putnam's Apology with Writer and TV Producer Tom Phillips and Dr. Hogan Sherrow

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Salem Witch Trial Descendants at History Camp Boston, Connecticut Witch and Culture Fest, and Salem

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What Historic Records are Available from the Salem Witch Trials?

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Salem Witch Trials: Witchfinder Roger Toothaker and His Family

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Anatomy of a Witch Trial: The Case Against Bridget Bishop

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Bridget Bishop: The First Person Executed in the Salem Witch Trials

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Salem Witch Trials Court: How the Court of Oyer and Terminer Worked in 1692

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Salem Witch Trials Governor Sir William Phips: America's First Knight

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American Revolution: How Families of Salem Witch Trials Victims and Accusers United for Independence

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Walpurgis Night, Salem Witchcraft, and the Maypole at Merrymount

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When ESPN Covered the Salem Witch Trials: Ergot Theory at 50

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Salem Witch Trials Judge Coerces Confessions from Teens: The April 19, 1692 Story

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Salem Witch Trials Survivor: Sarah Cloyce's Story

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Salem Witch Trials: Was Mercy Lewis the Ringleader of the Afflicted Girls?

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Witchcraft, UFOs, and Blood Pudding: Salem Witch Trials Daily April 4, 1692

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Were the Afflicted Girls Faking? Salem Witch Trials Daily April 3, 1692

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Abigail Williams is Afflicted and Mary Warren is Not Afflicted Anymore: Salem Witch Trials Daily April 2, 1692

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Mercy Lewis takes a Trip to Heaven: Salem Witch Trials Daily April 1, 1692

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Abigail Williams and the Witches’ Sabbath

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A Milk-stealing Witch Magically Turns into a Cat, a Hellhound Stubs His Toe, and Men Threaten to Murder a Woman

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Salem Witch Trials Daily Takes You through the 1692 Witch-hunt One Day at a Time

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The Devil's Conspiracy: How Fear of a Demonic Plot Made the Salem Witch Trials Possible

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Samuel Parris Preaches that Christ Knows How Many Devils There are in the Church

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4-Year-Old Witchcraft Suspect Confesses to Having a Familiar

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John Procter Gets Pissed, Ann Putnam Jr Gets Pinched, and Samuel Parris Rebukes Mary Sibley

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Deodat Lawson Dumps Fuel on the Raging Fire that is the Salem Witch Trials

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Ann Putnam Wrestles a Specter

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The Devil's Library: The Books That Shaped the Demonic Pact Found in the Salem Witch Trials

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Benjamin Franklin's Aunt Throws a Shoe at Witchcraft Suspect Martha Cory

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Specters and Afflicted People Disrupt Church Service in Salem Village

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Salem Witch Trials: Abigail Williams Tries to Fly

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March 18, 1692: A Specter Kills a Girl, but then She Wakes Up

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Saint Patrick's Day: New England's Ties to Ireland

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The Porter Family of Salem Village

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Salem Witch Trials: Specters of Martha Corey and Rebecca Nurse Roam Salem Village

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Podcasthon: When Children are Accused of Witchcraft

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Salem Witch Trials: Pandemonium at the Putnam Place

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March 13, 1692: Church Members Accused of Witchcraft

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March 12, 1692: What is the Alleged Salem Witch Wearing?

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Fasting and Prayer in Parris’s Parsonage

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Who did Colonial Voting Laws Serve?

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Salem Witch Trials: Chaining Accused Witches to Tame their Specters

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Salem Selectman with roles in the Salem Witch Trials

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Tituba as American Cultural Figure with Samaine Lockwood

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March 7, 1692: The Salem Witch Trials accused are transferred to Boston's jail

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March 6, 1692: Elizabeth Procter identified as a specter

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March 5, 1692: Strange Sights in Salem

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March 4 in History: Charters for Massachusetts and Pennsylvania

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Afraid of the specter of the 4-year-old girl who was called a witch in the Salem Witch Trials

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Tituba elaborates on her Salem Witch Trials confession

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March 1, 1692: The first arrests of the Salem Witch Trials

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How did the Salem Witch Trials start?

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In the Salem Witch Trials, warrants were issued for the first 3 witchcraft suspects on February 29, 1692

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February 27, 1692: The Devil's Book in the Salem Witch Trials

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The First Person Accused of Witchcraft in Salem in 1692

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The Devil Hath Been Raised in Salem: The Baking of the Witch Cake

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Salem Witch Trials Daily: Under an Evil Hand

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Exonerating Massachusetts Witch Trial Victims

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Surviving the Salem Witch Trials

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Salem Witch Trials: Nothing But Putnams

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Were witch judges to blame for the destruction of English settlements in Maine?

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Portland, Maine's ties to the Salem Witch Trials

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The New England Frontier and the Witch Trials

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Will the Real John Proctor Please Stand Up?

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The Putnam Family of Salem Village

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Dr. William Griggs and Other Physicians in Colonial Massachusetts

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The Queen in Hell and her Royal Family: Martha Carrier's Kinship Network

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Magic in the Courtroom: The Story of Candy, A Woman Accused of Witchcraft in 1692

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Samuel Parris' Sermons before and during the Salem Witch Trials

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Refusing to Confess to Witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials

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Salem Witch Trials Geography

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What evidence was required to examine people accused of witchcraft?

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Afflicted Servants and Marriage Prospects

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Andover's Ministers and the Salem Witch Trials

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The Towne Sisters: Rebecca Nurse, Mary Esty, and Sarah Cloyce

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Mary Black: Enslaved Woman Accused of Witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials

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Dorothy Good: Youngest Victim of the Salem Witch Trials

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The Swedish Connection to the Salem Witch Trials

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Primary Source Documents of the Salem Witch Trials

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Folk Magic in Colonial New England

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How Transatlantic Communication Impacted the Salem Witch Trials

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Condemned by Poverty: The Trial of Sarah Good

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The Role of Animals in the Salem Witch Trials

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The Judges of the Salem Witch Trials Courts

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The Afflicted People of the Salem Witch Trials

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Neighborly Animosity and Casual Curses: Salem Witch Trials Daily January 30, 2026

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Massachusetts Body of Liberties: Salem Witch Trials Daily January 29, 2026

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Salem Village Independence

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George Burroughs: Minister Accused of Witchcraft in Salem

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William Stoughton, Chief Justice of the Salem Witch Trials

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Governor Sir William Phips: Salem Witch Trials Daily

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The First Terrifying Accounts of the Salem Witch Trials

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Who Wrote the First Book about the Salem Witch Trials?

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Familiars and Witch Marks: Salem Witch Trials Daily for January 23

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Salem in Context: North American Witch Trials