Curator of History Liz Kapp at the “Witch Panic! Massachusetts Before Salem” exhibit within the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, Thursday, July 31, 2025, in Springfield. Staff ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A new exhibition at the Springfield Museums aims to resurrect an overlooked chapter of history. Long before the infamous hysteria of Salem gripped colonial Massachusetts, ...
Around 50 years before the infamous Salem witch trials, fear of witches first plagued the colonial people of western Massachusetts. In the enterprising settlement of Springfield, founder and fur ...