In 1692, in the small colonial village of Salem, Massachusetts, two young girls started experiencing bizarre, convulsive fits. The doctor’s diagnosis? Witchcraft. Over the course of a few months, as more villagers experienced similar strange symptoms, people started accusing their friends and neighbours of practicing black magic. Paranoia spread throughout Salem, and over the following 15 months of mass hysteria more than 200 people were accused, 20 people were executed and 5 people died in prison.

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Listen to the History Extra podcast’s 9 part series https://open.spotify.com/episode/1NsSdyDu9cqaQHFoMURJ4k 

Read The Salem Witch Trials : A Day-By-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-salem-witch-trials-a-day-by-day-chronicle-of-a-community-under-siege-marilynne-k-roach/book/9781589791329.html?source=pla&gclid=CjwKCAjwwo-WBhAMEiwAV4dybdRk6jpXnFNssskTU47hcDRPal5kUfSmjqf_ZARj8hYTmDT-53ZIoBoC2dEQAvD_BwE 

Read this article from Vox about Salem as a kitschy, sanitised tourist destination today https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/30/16560092/salem-witch-trials-magic-halloween-witchcraft-arthur-miller-crucible-past 

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