The pivotal accuser at the trials, Tituba, would go down in history ... As often as we have revisited Salem—on the page, on the stage and on the screen—we have failed to unpack a crucial ...

In 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, mass hysteria rang out as teen girls began acting erratically, citing witches were to blame. What followed is a terrifying slew of accusations, trials and executions.

In 1692, the colonial town of Salem, Massachusetts, became caught up in a fervor over alleged witchcraft. In her new book “The Witches,” Stacy Schiff explores what led a group of Puritans to ...