Provides an account of the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, in the seventeenth century, which began with the strange behaviors of two young girls and ended by governor's decree after twenty people had already been convicted and hanged for witchcraft.
Content Note
The nightmare begins -- A difficult time -- Forbidden games -- The evil spreads -- The first accused witches -- The hearings begin -- A death sentence -- Witches on trial -- Hanging the witches -- The witch hunt ends -- After the trials -- Why did it happen?