Salem Massachusetts - What about Witches The Witch Trials - 0 views
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Launching the hysteria was the bizarre, seemingly inexplicable behavior of two young girls; the daughter, Betty, and the niece, Abigail Williams, of the Salem Village minister, Reverend Samuel Parris.
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Rebeckah Pace on 22 Mar 13The whole Salem Witch Trials epidemic started with the inexplicable behavior of two young girls.
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John Hathorne, an ancestor of author Nathaniel Hawthorne
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One of the magistrates, John Hathorne, was an ancestor of Nathaniel Hawthore, the author of "The Scarlet Letter."
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By the time the hysteria had spent itself, 24 people had died.
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24 people died during the Salem Witch Trials.
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