Salem Witch Trials

Salem Lights are called Salem 'Gold'

Salem Ultra lights are called Salem "Silver"

Not sure what the slim 100's are--wish I did.

The male term for a witch is a warlock.

Ellwangen witch trial happened in 1618.

The word "witch" is one syllable. It consists of a single vowel sound, making it a simple and straightforward word in terms of pronunciation.

The complete line is "I am no more a witch than you are and if you hang me, "god" will give you blood to drink." Sarah Goode said that to Nicholas Noyes, the reverand of the Salem Town church, before she was hanged. Ironically, two and a half decades later, Noyes died coughing up the blood from a brain hemorrhage.

If Trials Frontier is not working, open the game in the airplane mode.

Belfry Witches ended on 2000-11-01.

Mora witch trial happened in 1669.

The address of the Stephen Phillips Trust House is: 34 Chestnut St, Salem, MA 01970

As a witch, I might be accused of practicing dark magic and face a trial where false evidence is presented against me. In a historical context, I could be executed by burning at the stake or hanged, often fueled by fear and superstition. Alternatively, in a modern narrative, I might be targeted by those seeking to eliminate perceived threats, leading to a more sinister end. Ultimately, the method would reflect society's fears and misunderstandings about witchcraft.

At the Nuremberg Trials, 12 out of the 24 defendants were sentenced to death by hanging. The executions took place on October 16, 1946. Some notable figures among those executed included Hermann Göring and Joachim von Ribbentrop. However, three of the sentenced individuals committed suicide before the executions could occur.

It became, and it still is, Danvers, Massachusetts.

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Giles Cory, he was crushed by large stones because instead of confessing he just said "more weight". They demanded he confess to being a non-Christian and a witch and they would remove the weight, he just said "More weight"

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The Salem Witch trials began in February. This is important to note because it is thought that the original accusers were victims of ergot poisoning. This is a fungal infection from grain and was/is very common among those that eat improperly stored grain.

One of the symptoms of ergot poisoning is the problem of hallucinations. From the transcripts of the trials, four young girls developed hallucinations and accused their neighbors of being witches. Since the community was very religious and a particular verse in the Bible says that you shall not let a witch live, the trials were of particular religious importance.

The hysteria spread from their original accusations to include so many people that the judges became suspicious. In their later investigations, which stopped the trials, it became clear that the girls were enjoying their status as witch identifiers and that they accused for political and personal reasons. The court room antics of the girls are such that it seems obvious that they had become celebrities in their community and were targeting anyone that they didn't like, including a five year old girl.

Judge Cotton Mather later wrote a paper on the trials in which he denounced his part in the trials and concluded that hysteria was a prime cause for the damage that was done.

The people of Salem were afraid of witchcraft.

Valais witch trials happened in 1428.

This is common in group-think and mob mentality. When you have an accussed and a fair number of accusors by validating the majority you can be percieved as a fellow peer in the group. So if 10 people accuse Jane of being a witch, affirming that accusation makes you feel (legitimately or otherwise) as part of the 10 people's group. In addition you have a measure of power over the accused as being part of deciding their fate. For people on the fringe of an organization or social group this can be a tempting method of gaining status within the group by "helping" the group one is seeking membership\standing with. This same behavior can be seen in popular cop dramas where there is a circle of dirty cops and the initiate is required to murder someone to gain membership. Now lets make the initiate a weaker individual who wants to be part of the tough crowd of cops. He's willing to do anything to gain acceptance so while ruffing up a crook he joins in to show he's "one of the gang". Insecure people who need a feeling of belonging in smaller, tight-nit communities in those days would have siezed upon the trial as a way to show they were part of the social circle of the original accusors. The more influential the original accusors were the more likely the fringe elements would "tag along". "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" best sums up this behavior. The weak became the enemy of the accused in an effort to show they are a friend of the accusors...

The goal of the Salem march, held in 1965, was to advocate for voting rights for African Americans in the South, particularly in Alabama. Organized by civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., the march aimed to raise awareness about racial discrimination and the systemic barriers faced by Black voters. It was a pivotal event that ultimately contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

There is not one. The convicted were hanged, not burned.