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Rebecca Nurse was a strong symbol of piety and motherhood. The community was shocked when her sentence was changed from not guilty to guilty.

Rebecca (Towne) Nurse, a tragic example of the Salem witchcraft hysteria, has thousands of living descendants.

Another woman confesses to witchcraft, revealing that there is a Witch Church in Salem Village with George Burroughs as its minister.

This is the fifth in a series of five indexes concerning the Salem Witch Trials.

Bridget Bishop, Elizabeth Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and others are convicted of witchcraft in Salem and hung on Gallows Hill.

Halloween conjures up visions of witches, pumpkins and kids in cute costumes. But there's a darker side to the holiday. Here are the top places to see real ghosts.

Edward Bishop of Salem saw his wife hanged as a witch and his son and daughter-in-law jailed as witches for 37 weeks.

A couple wed 60 years ago discovered through family research that both had ancestors from Salem, MA. His were accused witches. Hers testified against against them.

Martha Cory is jailed for bewitching Ann Putnam, Sr. Some thirty-nine people are accused for witchcraft and sent to jail.

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.

There are 10 distinct versions of the popular American Colonial home.

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.