Giles Corey, a farmer accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, pleaded “not guilty.” He didn’t believe he’d achieve a fair trial and refused to speak. He was subsequently ...

The bill acknowledges that more than 300 years after the witch trials in the U.S., historians, and society agree the accused and convicted individuals were innocent. Community panic, overwhelming ...

Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in American history. For those accused of ...

Founded in 2020 by Claire Mitchell KC and Zoe Venditozzi, Witches of Scotland has been at the forefront of the campaign to bring justice to the victims of the witch trials. The campaign gained ...

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 ...