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136. The Salem Witch Trials Murders

Murder With My Husband

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Salem Witch Trials

In 1692, five more supposed witches were publicly hanged. Cotton Mather arrived from Boston for these executions to witness the execution of Reverend George Burrows. The witch cake tests said that if such a cake were fed to a dog, the dog would show bad effects of being possessed and that meant the accused was a witch.

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