When were the last witchcraft trials held in America?
We began our witch-hunt by typing “witchcraft trials” into the Yahoo! Search box. This led us to the Salem Witch Trials category in the Yahoo! Directory, as well as numerous web results about the infamous witchcraft trials of Salem, Massachusetts. Undoubtedly, the last famous witch trials in America were those of Salem 1692. During this frenzied time in the Massachusetts colony, 20 women and men were executed on counts related to witchcraft, and nearly 150 others were imprisoned on similar accusations. The colonial legislators later annulled the convictions and apologized for the tragedy. We wanted to know if these witch trials were indeed the last ones in the U.S., so we used the advanced search feature to narrow our search. In the Show resu
