Lawmakers in this year’s General Assembly will tackle some weighty issues, from a budget deficit of nearly $3 billion to the ...

On a cool crisp January morning in 1692, the unthinkable happened for one family in the sleepy town of Salem, Massachusetts. Town minister Samuel Parris watched on in horror as his daughter, Betty (9) ...

Salem, Massachusetts, known as “The City of Witches,” is famous for its supernatural past, from the historically significant ...

Although Salem is synonymous in the public mind with witch hysteria, the city, like the witches themselves, suffers in many ways from an unfair reputation. Of the 156 people accused of witchcraft in ...

In a sleepy quiet town, down Massachusetts way The silence sudden broken by the chanting of the bay Circling 'round, a woman accused of witchcraft Take it down before the judge to hear the damning ...

From ancient Greece through Puritan New England, witches functioned as easy targets for cultural anxieties about gender, ...

You can't visit Salem, Massachusetts, without delving headfirst ... yourself – this small coastal town has more to it than just witches. Located roughly 20 miles northeast of Boston, Salem ...