Over several months in 1692, more than 140 people living in Massachusetts were accused of witchcraft. By the end of the Salem witch trials, 19 people had been executed. What was happening in late 17th-century Massachusetts that prompted the widespread panic?
Here are five factors behind how accusations of witchcraft escalated to the point of mass hysteria.
By May 1693, all remaining prisoners in the Salem witch trials were pardoned, and in 1711, Massachusetts exonerated and compensated the families of people executed as witches, recognizing the trials' injustices. Read more.
Experts, historians, authors and behavioral psychologists offer an in-depth examination of the facts and the mysteries surrounding the court room trials of suspected witches in Salem Village, Massachusetts in 1692.
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