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Salem Witch Trials Victims of July 19, 1692

7-19-16

by Margaret Kazan The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 occurred in such a short amount of time, this being one of the reasons why they are so horrifically famous, and July 19th is no exception to the reasons. Five people were found guilty of witchcraft during and hanged on July 19, 1692, Rebecca Nurse, Susanna Martin, Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe,...

Bridget Bishop, Hanged, June 10, 1692

6-10-16

  Hysteria, wrongly accused for a crime you didn’t commit, tried, and hanged; try and picture what life was like in Salem Village, 1692.  The people of Salem Village had to face an immeasurable number of elements that constantly worked against them: unpredictable weather with no protection against the bitter New England cold, performed back-breaking daily chores their farmland needed,...

Spotlight on the Salem Witch Trials

6-4-16

We commemorated the anniversary of the hanging of Bridget Bishop, the first victim of the Salem Witch Trials, on June 10.  The Witch House hosted an excellent lecture by historian Margo Burns as well as a brief ceremony at the Witch Trials Memorial.  Bridget Bishop was the first of twenty to be condemned and executed during the Salem witchcraft hysteria of...