Author Shirley Jackson examines in careful detail this horrifying true story of accusations, trials, and executions that shook a community to its foundations.
Salem Witchcraft is one of the most famous books published on the Salem Witch Trials. Author Charles Upham was a foremost scholar on the subject, as well as a Massachusetts...
Salem Town Thomas and Edward Putnam and their brother - in - law Jonathan Walcott petitioned Probate Judge Bartholomew Gedney to delay approving what their brother Joseph claimed was their late stepmother's will .
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One person was pressed to death, and over 150 others were jailed, where still others died. The Story of the Salem Witch Trials is a history of that event.
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... yellow bird between her fingers . " Corey was in fact seated in a pew in the church at the time . But the girl's claim that Corey's specter was sitting up above , accompanied by a familiar , was considered proof she was a witch .
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