| The Salem Witch Trial is perhaps one of the most | | | | into a trance. When physicians were called to see |
| popular trials in history. It ended on 29th of October | | | | these girls, they could not find any cause for the |
| in 1692. Nineteen witches were involved in the trial | | | | strange behavior. Since there was no explanation |
| and all of them were to be hung. There were several | | | | medically, people thought that it was the work of |
| stories about the Salem witches and there were | | | | the witches of Salem. So the whole village joined |
| many books and stories about them. Throughout the | | | | their hands to pray and rid Salem of the witches grip. |
| Salem witch trial period several innocent people lost | | | | The affected girls were then made to confess who |
| their lives because of suspicion of wizardry. In the | | | | caused this behavior. They blamed Martha Cory of |
| memory of the people who lost their lives, the town | | | | the village and believed to have seen Satan. |
| of Salem has also erected a memorial to respect the | | | | However, she was one of the members of the |
| lives of people that were buried. | | | | Puritan congregation and as she was accused, there |
| The Salem witch story created hysteria in the village | | | | was a lot of turbulence. |
| of Salem in Massachusetts. In January of 1692, a | | | | However, the Salem witch affair had already spiraled |
| small group of girls started displaying very weird | | | | out of control by then and more and more girls were |
| behavior and started having seizures. They also went | | | | behaving weirdly. |