Cynthia Wolfe Boynton

The little-known story of the first witch hunt in New England-nearly half a century before Salem. Connecticut's witch-hunt was the first and most ferocious in New England, occurring almost fifty years before the infamous Salem witch trials. Between 1647 and 1697, at least thirty-four men and women from across the state were formally charged with witchcraft. Eleven were hanged. In New Haven, William Meeker was accused of cutting off and burning his...