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Salem, Massachusetts

The witch is back 🧙 🪄 ✨ But her powers can’t make October stop from leaving 🥺 why is this month going so fast? Trying to catch up on my spooky content so here we go: The Witch House in Salem, Massachusetts, is the last standing structure directly tied to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Once the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin, who presided over some of the trials, the house offers a glimpse into colonial life and the chilling history of that era. Its dark wooden exterior and steep gables…

Abigail Johnson was a child caught up in witchcraft accusations. Her older sister, mother, two aunts, several cousins, & a brother were also accused.

A young man giving evidence in a police court. Image by Isaac Robert Cruikshank.