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Ann Putnam Jr.: Predator or Victim?
As a young girl her accusations sparked the infamous Salem Witch Trials. Was she really a malicious spirit, or simply a pawn in her parent's political scheming?
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Ann Putnam, Jr. Confesses Guilt
Fourteen years after the Salem Witch Trials, Ann Putnam, Jr. admits that she wrongly accused many for witchcraft.
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Salem Witch Trial Index
This is the fourth in a series of five indexes concerning the Salem Witch Trials.
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The Girls of Salem Village
Salem Village talk concerns a scarlet bodice, a bright turbans, and the charter. Young girls begin gathering in the Parris' kitchen.
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Martha Cory Jailed for Witchcraft
Martha Cory is jailed for bewitching Ann Putnam, Sr. Some thirty-nine people are accused for witchcraft and sent to jail.
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Burroughs Accused of Witchcraft
Another woman confesses to witchcraft, revealing that there is a Witch Church in Salem Village with George Burroughs as its minister.
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Burroughs Suspected of Murder
George Burroughs is arrested for witchcraft. It is suspected that he killed two previous wives, and maybe more.
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Convictions, Hangings, and Pressin
This is the fifth in a series of five indexes concerning the Salem Witch Trials.
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Hysteria and Terror in Salem
After Tituba's amazing confession specters and flying women are seen throughout Salem.
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Proctor and Cory Accused in Salem
In Salem Village, more specters of suspected witches are seen. Ann Putnam, Jr. cries out against Elizabeth Proctor and Martha Cory.
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Sarah Good
Sarah Good, an ill-tempered woman living in poverty in Salem Village is accused of witchcraft and of bewitching several young girls.
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The Conviction of Giles Cory
Giles Cory is accused of witchcraft. He refuses to be tried and is pressed to death in order to get him to confess.
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The Salem Bewitchings Begin
Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams begin having violent fits. A doctor declares that they have been bewitched.
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Tituba, the Salem Slave
Tituba: Indian slave of Samuel Parris in Salem Village tells fortunes and bakes a witch cake. Two girls declared bewitched.
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Tituba’s Amazing Evidence
Tituba is questioned concerning witchcraft and tells of hairy creatures, winged women, and being urged to cut of Ann Putnam's head.
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Salem Witch Persecution: Theories
Historians, psychologists, sociologists and others research and theorize as to what caused Salem's mass hysteria, a complex issue, involving many factors.
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Osborne Incurs Wrath
Sarah Osborne becomes the enemy of Thomas Putnam Junior, father of Ann Putnam, Jr. one of the bewitched girls. Osborne is accused of witchcraft.
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A Ghoulish Index of Articles
This is the third index of articles concerning the Salem Witch Trials and other ghostly articles.
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Telling Fortunes in Salem
Salem Village girls are telling fortunes with egg whites until one white takes on the form of a coffin. Tituba tells them Bible stories laced with voodoo.
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Ann Foster a Confessed Witch
Ann Foster was among those who confessed to being a witch in 1692 at Salem, MA, and escaped being hanged. She died in jail months later.
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More Bewitchings in Salem Village
More girls are bewitched and three women are accused and apprehended to be examined to determine if they are witches.
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Salem Witch Hunt - Tituba's Confession
Girls played at fortune telling, a Puritan sin, then showed signs of bewitchment. They named three witches, ushering in Massachusetts persecutions and mass hysteria.
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Salem Witch Persecutions Cast, Who Was Who
No one was safe from being accused of practicing witchcraft. The youngest was a child of four. Among the others were a Puritan minister and a prominent family's son.
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The Witch Hunt Spreads
More people are hung for witchcraft. The hunt spreads to other communities. Mather doubts the "validity of spectral evidence."
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Salem - Trials of Hysteria
Salem - the most famous of the witch trials
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Salem Witch Executed, the Rev. Burroughs
The Afflicted identified the minister as the "Black Master" who was the high priest of the Salem Coven, adding the clichéd fuel to Ann's fanatical fire.
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Salem Witch Hysteria, Aftermath
The mass frenzy had to end. People lived in fear of being accused as a witch, in addition to anxiety of the alleged practitioners. Some good came out of the horror....
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Salem, More Witch Hunts & Accusations
No one was safe from being accused. The youngest was four. Some were wealthy; others, indigent. There were the infirm. Faithful church attendees were not immune.
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