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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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The Salem, Massachusetts witch trials and 19 hangings in the last 1600s are a continuation of attitudes and practices brought over to the New World from Europe.
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Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant
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See the Salem Witchcraft essay for a detailed explanation of the causes and events of the Salem witch trials.
The Salem witch trials to me symbolize how easily people can be swept up in an idea or concept.
Salem Witch Trials: Casting a spell on the people Today, the idea of seeing a witch is almost inconsequential.
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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In the Salem witch trials, the accusers testified that they could see the specters or apparitions (astral projections?
The tale of the Salem Witch Trials was a poignant allegory for the McCarthy hearings that were then taking place.
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Sam Hayden,
Gothic Nightclub Owner
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The Salem Witch trials are dark, scary and depressing, but that has never stopped me from reading books upon books about it.
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Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student
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I have been researching about the Salem witch trials for a few years and some of the storys that i have read were very upsetting.
But i think that the Salem witch trials were a mistake to even think about it in the first place.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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The Salem witch trials took the lives of inicent people and destroyed and probaly devestated the victims families.
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Mark Harris,
Priest
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What the Salem witch trials in America show you is that an Anglican, like a Catholic will kill you for not believing the way that they do!
The Salem witch trials must be a caution against the 'children must be believed, children tell no lies' culture.
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