As I write this article on a sunny autumn afternoon, 1.2 million tourists are quickly invading my local city of Salem, Massachusetts. Many come for the haunted ...

A new study discovered what started the 'witch craze' that spurred 300 years of persecution, including the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts. It turns out the printing press is to blame.

According to local historical researcher Marilynne K. Roach’s 2002 book, “The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege,” some of the afflicted girls claimed that ...

RASCOE: I spoke to him recently about his new book, "American Scary ... settlers and their suspicions that led to the Salem witch trials. DAUBER: You have these puritans. They're coming over ...

Powerful men often proclaim baseless accusations to be a ‘witch hunt.’ But American witch trials have always targeted a ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Columbia University professor Jeremy Dauber about his new book, "American Scary: A History of Horror from Salem to Stephen King and ...

Somerville author Lesley Bannatyne recounts Halloween's roots, while writer Sam Baltrusis explores Salem's dark past ...

The witchy folklore of this mysterious Massachusetts city draws thousands of visitors every October, but residents offer ...

After I put down the book, and after I had the twins ... Ruhl said that, prior to her research of the Salem Witch trials for Becky Nurse of Salem, she’d “never heard a connection made ...

Salem, famous for the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, welcomes more than 1 million ... this weekend as folks shop for everything from wands to books to crystals to silver. “October is just punishing ...