Massachusetts Witches

This Oct. 25, 2023 photo shows a plaque memorializing Goodwife Ann Glover or Goody Glover, hanged as a witch in Boston in 1688, is located on the front of a Catholic church in the city’s North End neighborhood. It’s one of the reminders of a dark period in the city’s history. A group of history buffs and descendants of both those accused of witchcraft and their accusers are pressing state lawmakers to officially clear the names of all those accused, arrested, or indicted for witchcraft in Massachusetts, home of the infamous Salem witch trials of 1692-1693 that claimed the lives of 20 accused witches. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)

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