Stranger than Fiction: Chilling and Thrilling Stories
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! Ghost stories have been associated with Halloween celebrations for hundreds of years. If you have ever visited Salem, you will know this...
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Virtual Event Once you have purchased a ticket, you will receive a confirmation receipt. The day before the event (October 24), you will receive an email with the Zoom link and password to access the virtual event room.
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Race and the Salem Witch Trials
Virtual EventMany are already aware one of the first people to be accused of witchcraft in 1692 was a woman of color, a slave named Tituba Indian. However, race deeply informed...
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“Thrown into pits”: how were the bodies of the nineteen hanged Salem “witches” really treated?
Virtual EventWhat happened to the individuals once they were executed in 1692? This is a mystery that has haunted historians for centuries. Nineteenth-century historian Charles Upham stated that the deceased were “undoubtedly all thrown into pits dug among the rocks” after the hangings. In addition, more recent popular accounts and all too many walking tours of...
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The Life and Death of John Proctor
Virtual EventJoin us for an afternoon virtual lecture given by Peabody Historical Society curator Kelly Daniell. In 1692, John Proctor was 60 years old, was a successful business man, had sired...
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Hidden History: Japanese Internment and Other Asian American Witch Hunts
Virtual EventOur museum’s mission is to be the voice of the innocent victims of the Salem witch trials of 1692 while also bringing awareness to how the lessons and patterns of...
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The Not So Good Life of the Colonial Goodwife
Virtual EventBinge-watch Vikings, Turn, or Frontier, and you’ll see people being disemboweled, tortured, and decapitated – but you won’t see anything about menstruation, chamber pots, birth control, breastfeeding, or poopy babies....
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In Memory of Ann Dolliver
Virtual EventIn 1692, Ann Dolliver, the daughter of Salem Town’s elder minister, lived with her three children on the land where the Salem Witch Museum stands today. Despite the fact that...
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Ancestor Stories: Authors Discuss their Family Connections to the Salem Witch Trials
Virtual EventJoin us for this fascinating, hour-long virtual panel discussion with three notable Salem witch trials authors. During this discussion historian and archivist Richard Trask, descendant of Mary Esty, Rebecca Nurse, and John Procter, historical fiction author Kathleen Kent, descendant of Martha Carrier, and historian Mary Beth Norton, descendant of Mary Bradbury, will discuss how they...
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Beyond Salem: The Witch Trials in Torsåker, Sweden
Virtual EventThough the Salem trials of 1692 are today one of the most famous in the Western world, they were far from the largest or deadliest. Nearly two decades before Salem, the Torsåker parish in Sweden was overtaken by a terrible witchcraft panic. In just one day in 1675, 71 people were beheaded and burned at...
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Author Signing with Dan Gagnon
The Salem Witch Museum 19 1/2 Washington Square North, Salem, MA, United StatesJoin us on Thursday, June 30th for an author signing event with Dan Gagnon. From 1:00-5:00 Gagnon will be on-site signing copies of his new book "A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse." This biography of witch trial's victim Rebecca Nurse vividly recreates seventeenth century Salem, and in the process challenges...