New England is the site of the Salem witch trials.
In 1692 , the town of Salem , Massachusetts and surrounding areas experienced one of the most infamous cases of mass hysteria in the history of the Western Hemisphere , the Salem witch trials .	Massachusetts	Massachusetts	mass hysteria	mass hysteria	Western Hemisphere	Western Hemisphere	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 .	witchcraft	witchcraft	colonial Massachusetts	Province of Massachusetts Bay	Salem	Salem, Massachusetts
