TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Reilly,Bill
AU  - Dugard,Martin
TI  - Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
T2  - Bill O'Reilly's Killing series
SN  - 9781250283320
AV  - F74.S1 O74 2023
U1  - 974.4/502 23/eng/20230607
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - St. Martin's Press
KW  - Witches
KW  - Violence against
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Trials (Witchcraft)
KW  - History
KW  - Salem (Mass.)
KW  - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
KW  - Informational works
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested under suspicion of being witches--but as the hysteria spread, more than 200 people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, twenty were executed, and others died in jail or their lives were ruined. What really happened in Salem? Killing the Witches tells the horrifying story of a colonial town's madness, offering the historical context of similar episodes of community mania during that time, and exploring the evidence that emerged in the Salem trials, in contemporary accounts, and in subsequent investigations.--
ER  -