(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 ...

17 th century New England saw its fair share of witch hysteria, with neighbors accusing neighbors of heresy. Some of the most infamous trials played out in Salem, Massachusetts, but as a new ...

NORTH ANDOVER — As tens of thousands of revelers descend on Salem, every Halloween because of the witch trials of 1692 and 1693, towns in the Merrimack Valley have stories seldom heard, including ...

University of Massachusetts provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what ...