https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/salem-witch-trials/RSS feed for Salem Witch TrialsenWed, 07 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-a-sudden-winter-storm-in-1617-sparked-the-deadliest-witchcraft-trials-in-norwegian-history-180987919/During the 17th-century Finnmark witch trials, 91 people were executed in Norway's northernmost region, mainly by burning at the stakeWed, 07 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-a-sudden-winter-storm-in-1617-sparked-the-deadliest-witchcraft-trials-in-norwegian-history-180987919/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-new-tartan-pattern-created-to-honor-women-accused-of-witchcraft-in-scotland-between-1563-and-1736-180986172/The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish Witchcraft ActMon, 10 Mar 2025 17:48:38 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-new-tartan-pattern-created-to-honor-women-accused-of-witchcraft-in-scotland-between-1563-and-1736-180986172/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-debut-issue-americas-first-newspaper-also-publications-last-180985122/On this day in 1690, "Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick" attracted colonial officials' ire by repeating a scandalous rumor and condemning a British alliance with the MohawkWed, 25 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-debut-issue-americas-first-newspaper-also-publications-last-180985122/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-witch-today-180981033/A new exhibition on the Salem witch trials explores how the meaning of the word "witch" has evolved through the centuriesThu, 27 Oct 2022 17:08:11 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-witch-today-180981033/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/One town's strange journey from paranoia to pardonWed, 24 Oct 2007 03:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-anteaters-live-tropics-180980772/You've got questions. We've got experts.Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-anteaters-live-tropics-180980772/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/last-convicted-salem-witch-is-finally-cleared-180980516/Elizabeth Johnson Jr. has been officially exonerated—thanks to a dogged band of middle schoolersWed, 03 Aug 2022 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/last-convicted-salem-witch-is-finally-cleared-180980516/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scotland-issues-formal-apology-to-thousands-accused-of-witchcraft-180979869/An estimated 2,500 Scots were executed as witches between the 16th and 18th centuriesTue, 05 Apr 2022 15:20:24 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scotland-issues-formal-apology-to-thousands-accused-of-witchcraft-180979869/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scotland-considers-pardon-for-thousands-of-accused-witches-180979316/Advocates are calling on leaders to exonerate the thousands of women and men targeted in witch hunts during the 16th through 18th centuriesThu, 06 Jan 2022 18:03:53 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scotland-considers-pardon-for-thousands-of-accused-witches-180979316/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-salem-witch-trials-history-art-colonial-witchcraft-180978940/A new exhibition unites 17th-century artifacts with contemporary artists' responses to the mass hysteria eventWed, 27 Oct 2021 16:08:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-salem-witch-trials-history-art-colonial-witchcraft-180978940/