Salem Witch Trials

17th century New England saw its fair share of witch hysteria, with neighbors accusing neighbors of heresy. Some of the most infamous trials played out in Salem, Massachusetts, but as a new exhibition in Springfield highlights, the first true witch scare didn’t happen in Witch City, but the City of Homes.

A team of researchers using historical documents and 21st-century archaeological techniques has confirmed the exact site where 19 innocent people were…