On this day in 1692, eight people were hanged in Salem, Massachusetts for the crime of witchcraft, the last group executed before the frenzy of the Salem witch trials, which lasted more than a year, ...

BOSTON - There's a new push to clear the names of all of those accused, arrested or indicted for witchcraft in Massachusetts. Between 1638 and 1693, hundreds were accused, and many were executed, ...

The Salem witch trials were the largest witchcraft outbreak in American history, resulting from a perfect storm of catastrophes. Taking place in 1692 and 1693, the Salem witch trials were held in ...

Stakes are high in Salem during the city's annual "Haunted Happenings." So local organizations banded together to raise funds ...

A Salem witch didn’t cast the right kind of spell to make it through to the next round of “America’s Got Talent” this week. The Salem character witch Borah Brewington Snaggletooth XIII, also called ...

The oldest apple orchard in MA is the second-oldest farm that offers pick-your-own apples in the country, and the ...

WHILE Jamaicans fret over whether to get rid of their Obeah Act, a groundbreaking a cappella musical Obeah Opera has ...

After moving to Salem, Mass., teenager Max Dennison (Omri Katz) explores an abandoned house with his sister Dani (Thora Birch ...

Between the campy wax museums and the over-hyped psychic festivals, it's easy to paint Salem as nothing more than a cheesy weekend outing barely worth the $7.50 it costs to get there by train. But ...

Should you find your way up to Salem, Mass., this Halloween season, your chances of encountering a psychic are up — and the odds that that he or she has a felony record are down. That, for those of ...