When four young girls from Salem Village began having mysterious fits in 1692, they accused Bishop of sending her spirit to ...

The world is laughing at us, NATO has openly said that we are not trustworthy, the government is being dismantled, safe GOP seats are now in jeopardy, and the Salem Puritans believe that that's great.

The Puritans, at least, did not avoid this trajectory. Some scholars believe the Salem witch trials of 1692 and 1693 developed specifically in response to strict and isolating patriarchal structures.

Christian nationalism was a flop when the Puritans tried it. See this famous Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpture for information.

Trump, indeed, echoed the Puritan witch hunts’ demonization and condemnation of women when he called Hillary Clinton, “evil” and deserving of being locked up; Kamala Harris, “a deranged ...

Today’s Salem is a strange place, at once alluring and off-putting. This former haunt of terrified, grudge-holding (and doomed) Puritans bursts with witch museums, statues, tours, workshops ...

Jeremy Dauber’s “American Scary” traces the uncanny origins of the spookiest stories told in our young nation.

Hawthorne’s most famous novel—a mainstay on high school reading lists—has been the subject of some interesting myths and ...

In 1692 and 1693, the Salem witch trials were held in northeastern Massachusetts and led to the prosecution of more than 150 people.