![]() Neighbors accused neighbors, parents and children each other. The panic spread quickly, involving the most educated men and prominent politicians in the colony. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been hanged and a 75-year-old man crushed to death. The story began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. ![]() Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff discusses the Salem Witch Trials and her acclaimed book The Witches: Salem, 1692, which was selected as one of the best books of the year by Time, USA Today, NPR, The Washington Post, and several other publications. When: Octoat the Downtown Library Multi-Purpose Room To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that ![]()
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