SALEM WITCH MUSEUM
Salem, MA - This is the Salem Witch Museum. Inside your can watch a narrated display of the Salem Witch Trials. These trials went on for less than a year, March to September 1692. Over a hundred were accused but only 14 women and 5 men were hanged and one man was pressed to death; they did not burn witches in the Colonies, just in Europe. The whole thing started when young girls went into fits and started to say names during these fits. These are the people that were hanged. These fits might have been from a reaction to bad grain, ergot poisoning. It was found out later that a least one girl faked these fits and falsely accused a few people who were hanged.
A word of caution, this is not a museum for very young children. We saw one father that brought his young daughters(no mother with them); they looked terrified. It was a PG13 program with Satan, stories and drawings of witches eating children, etc.
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posted by Bill @ 6:28 AM
4 Comments:
Is this the building in which the trials were held, Bill? Or was the building built as a museum, first and foremost?
I like the picture, I haven't seen one of the museum before.
i had no idea that this even existed. and i can't that nayone would bring their kids there. i think i would love to see it, even though i am usually such a chicken about these things. thank you for the post and the pic and for the lesson. i had no idea they didn't burn them here or there i mean..and what is pressed? that sounds horrific actually.
Marion - The trails were held somewhere else. This is just a museum.
Chana - Pressed is a form of torture where they put you between two boards and pile rocks on top until you a crushed to death (you asked).
no, i thank you for telling me. i can't believe how painful that must have been..wow..
thanks again.
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