Illustration: the “wicked warlock” John Godfrey with the devil. Credit: Melissa Davenport Berry.

The Devil Went Down to Newbury (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on October 22, 2024

With Halloween approaching, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about an accused “wicked warlock” in Newbury in 1679, 13 years before the Salem witch trials... (Read More)

Illustration: the devil in Newbury. Credit: Melissa Davenport Berry.

The Devil Went Down to Newbury (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on October 18, 2024

With Halloween approaching, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about an accused witch in Newbury in 1679, 13 years before the Salem witch trials... (Read More)

Photo: grave of Jacob Culp (1839-1928) and his wife Hattie Loop Culp (1863-1951), Franklin Square Cemetery, Franklin Square, Columbiana County, Ohio. Credit: David and Joyce Humphrey of Ohio.

1894 Witchcraft Trials of Salem – Ohio

By Melissa Berry on August 4, 2023

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a witchcraft trial in Salem – only this one was 1894, not 1692, and it was in Ohio, not Massachusetts... (Read More)

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