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Salem in October
The Massachusetts town of the 1692 witch trials fills each October with a month of Halloween events, tours and memorials.
About Salem in October
Salem, Massachusetts, was the site of the witch trials of 1692 and 1693, in which about two hundred people were accused, nineteen were hanged and one man was pressed to death. Each October the city hosts a month of Halloween events that attract hundreds of thousands of visitors. The festival mixes museums and memorials with costumed shops, psychic readers and ghost tours. Some people in the town object to treating a time of injustice as entertainment, and others point to the way the town has embraced modern Pagans and Wiccans, who have a presence there. The Witch Trials Memorial, opened in 1992, honours those who were killed. A reflective visit usually begins there.
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Also part of it, and being written: Witch hunt (The wider history of persecution.), Halloween (The festival the month is built around.).
Written by the EveryJaadu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Salem witch trials" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family, and are described as belief and practice. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.