On March 1, 1692, three women were brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, accused of an invisible crime that would soon convulse an entire region. Their names were Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba. By day’s end, the machinery of accusation had…
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The morning of June 10, 1692, dawned grim and overcast over the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts. That day, Bridget Bishop—widow, tavern-keeper, and long-rumored consorter with the devil—was led to Gallows Hill and hanged for the crime of witchcraft. Her execution marked the first…
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