Salem

Salem is an American city located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is a coastal community located in Essex County. It has a total land area of 18.1 square miles and a population of more than 41,000 people. It was established as a territory in 1629 and became an incorporated city in 1836. Historically, Salem is best known for the controversial Salem Witch Trials in 1692, which resulted in the execution of twenty people.

History
The Salem Witch Trials are a series of events that took place in the Colonial town of Salem in the territory of Massachusetts from February to May, 1692. In the ultimate historical example of a land deal gone bad, the Puritanical legislature of Salem held trials wherein more than two-hundred people, mostly women, were accused of witchcraft. Of the 200, fourteen women and five men were found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. The award for short-end-of-the-stick however, actually went to the accused, Giles Corey, who refused to enter a plea, and was executed by having a bunch of large rocks dropped on his chest, crushing him to death.

Being as how we live in the "really real" world, obviously those who were executed were not actual witches, since witches don't exist. At least not the kind that the Salem judges believed in. As one of the most gruesome witchhunts in American history, the Salem Witch Trials have since gone on to become the fodder for various forms of fiction including the Nicholas Hytner adaptation of the Arthur Miller play The Crucible starring Winona Ryder as well as the 1976 comedy Love at Stake.

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Appearances

 * Crucible, The
 * Love at Stake