Salem Witch Trials...

Instead of going to any of the witch “museums,” which were likely creepy and tacky, we opted to watch a movie at the National Park Service Regional Visitor Center to learn the truth about the Salem Witch Trials. Due to mass hysteria, Salem held the largest and most lethal witch trials in American history when over 200 people were accused of being witches from February 1692 until May 1693. Of those falsely accused, 20 were killed; 14 women and 5 men were hung and 1 man was pressed to death. In 1992, the Salem Witch Trial Memorial was commemorated 300 years after the trials began.

Each granite bench is engraved with the person’s name and date of execution. John Proctor was a wealthy landowner; I know an American artist with the same name in Holland.

It was also eerie seeing this phostly snapshot left on one of the benches. 

Next door was the Old Burying Ground where one of the judges from the Witch Trials was buried. 

Also nearby was this old wooden building with cool leaded windows.