This 1685 oil on card portrait shows Samuel Parris, the pastor who led the Salem witch hunt in 1692. The early accusations against his family helped ignite the hysteria that led to mass trials and ...

“I write on behalf of my client, House of Promise Church, to demand that you immediately cease any effort to discriminate ...

The last proceedings of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts ended in 1693. But 331 years later, religious witch hunts remain a common — if not well-publicized — occurrence in countries ...

But while the term "witch hunt" is still with us, the meaning has gone through some changes. It took more than 300 years for Massachusetts to clear the innocent victims of the Salem trials.

That got us thinking about the real Salem Witch Trials, which are commonly cited as the source of the phrase “witch hunt." These trials happened in Salem, Massachusetts, during the winter and ...

The ceremony was held in Salem, Massachusetts ... “The best part is that Trump always says it’s a witch hunt against him,” she told the Globe. “That’s funny. People like to say Donald ...

Sara Jack and Josh Hutchinson, each descendant of witch hunt victims themselves ... in Connecticut decades before the infamous Salem witch trials began in neighboring Massachusetts.