Salem, Massachusetts is synonymous with all things haunted and spooky. One of Salem’s most eerie landmarks is the Witch House. The name is slightly misleading, because the Witch House has never been occupied by any witches. The Witch House belonged to a wealthy judge named Jonathan Corwin who participated in the infamous Salem witch trials in the late 1600s. Jonathan Corwin became known as “the hanging judge” after he served on a court that sentenced 19 people to the gallows for being in league with the devil and practicing witchcraft. The Salem witch trials proved to be a period of […]

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