Salem witch trials Salem witch trials 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. More than 200 people were accused, nineteen of whom were found guilty and executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men). One other man, Giles Corey, was pressed to death for refusing to plead, and at least five people died in jail. It was the deadliest witch hunt in the history of the United States. Twelve other women had previously been executed in Massachusetts and Connecticut during the 17th century. Despite being
Derenburg witch trials by the popular print and used as a deterrent example to others. Derenburg witch trials The Derenburg witch trials was a witch trials taking place in Derenburg in Germany in 1555. It resulted in the execution of 4 people (3 women and 1 man). There is only little documentation left of the actual trial, but it was made famous in contemporary Germany by a well known popular print, in which it was illustrated and described. Two women Gröbischen, and Gißlerschen, were executed by burning i October 1555 for witchcraft. Gröbischen had confessed to have been in a pact with Satan