... the reasons for the start and end of the hysteria. The historical Salem Witch Trials all began because of childhood fantasies and jealousies. Prior to the year 1692, a man named Cotton Mather wrote a book called Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions. This book told of a case of witchcraft in Boston in the year 1688, involving the children of John Goodwin. Apparently ... . Mrs. Glover admitted to her magical powers and even demonstrated them in court. Soon after, she was sentenced to death for the practice of witchcraft and working with the devil. Mather firmly bel...

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... stress, asthma, guilt, child abuse, and epilepsy. However, in a traditionally run New England colony, other "theories- leaked out as to what caused Betty's behavior. At the same time, Boston minister Cotton Mather published a book, Memorable Provinces, which mentioned a woman with similar symptoms like Betty. The friends of Betty; Ann Putnam, Mercy Lewis, and Mary Walcott, also began to show symptoms of bewitchment ... ...

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... soul. When Burroughs on Gallows Hill continued to insist on his innocence and then recited the Lord's Prayer perfectly, the crowd was greatly moved. The agitation of the crowd caused Cotton Mather to intervene and remind the crowd that Burroughs had his day in court and lost. Others who were soon executed were Giles Corey, and eight more witches after him, including ... ...

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