The Salem Witch Trials are one of the most infamous chapters in U.S. history. Throughout the centuries, books, movies, and plays have all tried to unearth the reasons behind the strange hysteria that ...
17 th century New England saw its fair share of witch hysteria, with neighbors accusing neighbors of heresy. Some of the most infamous trials played out in Salem, Massachusetts, but as a new ...
Ergotism is a disease caused by ingesting a type of fungus that grows on rye—and the symptoms are eerily similar to those experienced by the “bewitched” during the Salem Witch Trials. Some researchers ...