The victims of the trials were hanged. However, Giles Corey was pressed to death under stones when he refused to enter a plea during his trial.
¡ 24 deaths total !
The Salem witchcraft trials were held in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. 140 were accused, 20 were killed.
Nineteen people, fourteen women and five men, were hanged for witchcraft during the Salem witch panic. Another was pressed to death during court proceedings.
burned at the stake
19 people were hanged in the Salem Witch Trials and 1 (an old man) was killed by "pressing" because he refused a trial.
The outcome of the Salem witch trials was the remembrance of a situation which casts Salem into infamy. A hysteria had gripped the town, and the people of Salem had senselessly killed a lot of people.
The convicted were executed by hanging.
The Salem witchcraft trials were held in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. 140 were accused, 20 were killed.
¡ 24 deaths total !
During the Salem Witch Trials in Salem Massachusetts in 1692, 19 were hanged, 1 was pressed to death and as many as 13 died in prison.
I don't know exactally the date, but people were accuesd of and killed for being a witch
Nineteen people, fourteen women and five men, were hanged for witchcraft during the Salem witch panic. Another was pressed to death during court proceedings.
burned at the stake
19 people were hanged in the Salem Witch Trials and 1 (an old man) was killed by "pressing" because he refused a trial.
The wrong people were killed for the wrong reasons... Accused of false actions
Yes. There was a couple of Trials that only killed a few people. A witch hunt in Germany killed hundreds.
It is believed that Peter Salem shot him.