Spectral Evidence. The afflicted claimed to be able to see the spirits of spectors of the witches and the ghosts of their victims. Of course, that was extremely insubstanial and after it was outlawed, convicts stopped.
The main evidence presented against the accused witches in Salem village was the raving testimony of young girls. The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692, and May 1693. Twenty people, mostly women, were executed.
They didn't. Most people who were accused of witchcrafter were wrongly accused & convicted.
Eyewitness accounts. Although most of those people were threatened or tortured into giving false testimony. There wasnt actually any 'evidence' used in the witch trials. Raving testimony of young girls.
As far as scientist know, 0. The Salem Witch Trials, however, was a time when people were accused of being witches and were killed.
There were no actual, practicing witches invovled, accused or otherwise existing in Salem during the witch trials.
The Court of Oyer and Terminer was the legal body formed by the governor to perform the Trials of the accused witches.
They gave a false confession. The court promised anyone who confessed a stay of execution in return for testimony against other accused witches.
Only regular people were executed during the Salem Witch Trials. No Pagans. No witches. They were tried because the townspeople wanted their property, land, and possessions.
in "the Salem witch trials" over 100 people were accused of being a witch.
superstitious and intolerant
Molly Banneky was known for her role as a midwife, her involvement in the Salem witch trials where she testified against accused witches, and her second marriage to Thomas Goldsmith.
Reverend Hale was the Puritan pastor during the Salem Witch Trials. He told the witches to confess falsely in order to save their lives.