Connecticut considers pardons for first witches convicted in US
More than 375 years later, historians, descendants of the accused and of their accusers are calling for legislative action.
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More than 375 years later, historians, descendants of the accused and of their accusers are calling for legislative action.
Discover Memorial to Alse Young and Lydia Gilbert in Windsor, Connecticut: Decades before the Salem Witch Trials, two Connecticut women were executed for alleged witchcraft.
You’ve heard about the Salem witch trials, but probably not this New England witch trial that came before it
There were 46 known people accused of witchcraft in Connecticut, many of them hanged or...
Decades before the infamous Salem witch trials began, there were witch trials and executions here in Connecticut. In fact, the first witch-hanging in all the...