17th Century New England
With special emphasis on the Essex County witch-hunt of 1692.
Be sure to check out the links to sites
for young researchers.
Arthur
Miller's The Crucible: Fact & Fiction
If you read the book, see the play, or watch the movie, you'll
want to read this historian's account of what really happened.
by Margo Burns. More
resources.
The
Curse of Salem Village
A slide show with eerie music telling the tale of time of the
Salem witch scare and trials.
National
Geographic: Salem Witch-Hunt--Interactive
Experience the trials. Will you survive?
Salem
Massachusetts Witch Trials
The events which led to the Witch Trials actually occurred in
what is now the town of Danvers, then a parish of Salem Town,
known as Salem Village. Launching the hysteria was the bizarre,
seemingly inexplicable behavior of two young girls.
Salem Witch
Museum
A virtual tour. If you intend to visit this historic area, there
are good maps and histories. Museum store has good books
and videos
for your study.
Salem
Witch Trials Documentary Archive
Original source documents for serious researchers.
Salem
Witchcraft Trials 1692
A fascinating hyperlinked account of the consequences of the
lies of some hysterical girls in Puritan New England.
Salem
Witch Trials: The World Behind the Hysteria
Enter a world very different from our own - and discover the
fears, struggles and beliefs of everyday people in Salem. DiscoverySchool.
Secrets
of the Dead - The Witches Curse
In the centuries since, scholars and historians have struggled
as well to explain the madness that overtook Salem. Was it sexual
repression, dietary deficiency, mass hysteria? Or, could a simple
fungus have been to blame? PBS.
A
Walk To Witch Hill
On the 19th of July, 1692, an unusual stir might have been observed
in Salem. We may suppose the town excited beyond any thing
that had been known in its history. The condemned witches, Sarah
Good, Sarah Wildes, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, and Rebecca
Nurse, were to be hanged on Gallows Hills.
