According to local historical researcher Marilynne K. Roach’s 2002 book, “The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege,” some of the afflicted girls claimed that ...

Salem's Lot sees writer Ben Mears return to a town where he spent crucial years as a boy to write a book about the house that used to scare him when he was younger. However, upon arriving at ...

Theories about what sparked the Salem Witch Trials include everything ... the spread of information - led to the proliferation of a book that contained a detailed explanation of 'demonology.' ...

American Scary is a fannish book, clearly the work of someone who ... Dauber’s right, though, to identify Salem as a keystone to American horror, an event that illustrates how intertwined ...

There may not be any Hollywood directors lining up to snatch the movie rights, but by the time the ‘Scary Stories’ group at ...

CUSTOMERS AND STAFF OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES. THE CITY OF SALEM WILL PAY SOME RESIDENTS $500 A MONTH, AND YOU CAN SPEND THE CASH HOWEVER YOU WANT. THE PILOT PROGRAM, CALLED UPLIFT SALEM AND THE ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Columbia University professor Jeremy Dauber about his new book, "American Scary: A History of Horror from Salem to Stephen King and ...

Each October, tourists ask how to beat the infamous crowds in Salem. Everyone has tricks: Get there early, take public transit, take advantage of weekdays. But as photos of Essex Street Pedestrian ...

Salem will give 100 eligible residents $500 a month for a year as it studies the impact of guaranteed income, Mayor Dominick Pangallo said in a statement. “I’m excited to announce the launch ...

RASCOE: I spoke to him recently about his new book, "American Scary: A History Of Horror, From Salem To Stephen King And Beyond." He says the American horror tradition started even before there ...