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Historic crimes & investigations · February 1692–May 1693Open article references →
The Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trials Memorial and surviving court landscape · United States
Why editors use it hereCollection-based chronology of the first examinations, imprisonment, convictions, and deaths.
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Between early 1692 and spring 1693, authorities in colonial Massachusetts accused more than two hundred people of witchcraft.
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Trigger and conditions
After several young people experienced fits in the household of minister Samuel Parris, they accused Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborne.
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Uncertainty
Counts vary according to whether researchers include informal accusations, unnamed suspects, and people jailed outside the best-preserved court files.
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Why it matters
The episode was not an inexplicable burst of folklore.
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