Verkkothe salem witch trials remain one of the most complex and troubling episodes in american history, a case study in the dangers of fear,.

“it’s true that the majority of them — say 75, maybe 80 percent — were women,” said jessica parr, a historian.

Verkkoin february 1692, the massachusetts bay colony town of salem village found itself at the center of a notorious case of mass hysteria:

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