When There Were Witches: An Exploration of the Salem Witch Trials

In January of 1692, a strange illness seized control of five young girls living in Salem Village, a contentious and divided town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. When medical professionals couldn’t identify the illness, the town believed the girls had come "under an evil hand." Events soon spiraled out of control with local divisions and a splintered colonial government feeding the frenzy. Archivist Mickey DiCamillo unravels the events with archival documents from the period, and program participants will interact with transcripts from the 1692 interrogations of suspected witches. A Q&A session follows the 60-minute presentation.

Mickey DiCamillo is an archivist and historian. He has worked for The University of Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania Historical Society, and the Hagley Museum and Library, a Smithsonian affiliated research library in Wilmington, Delaware. He has written for the Journal of Film and History, The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, and is a contributing author to the book Greater Philadelphia and the Nation. Mickey has given numerous lectures on United States and New Jersey History. He lives in Moorestown, New Jersey where he is a trustee of the community’s historical society.

This program is geared towards adults.

Registration is required as spots are limited.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Mount Olive Public Library, 202 Flanders-Drakestown Road, Mount Olive Township, United States