It’s here! More Weight by Ben Wickey

Tonight. 7 pm @emersonwbaker.bsky.social on Stopping the Witch Hunts. Free. @historicbostons.bsky.social Will be recorded in case you didn't see this in time. www.eventbrite.com/x/resistance...

Mary Estey: Her Life, Execution, and Historic Legacy - Trails and Sails share.google/SSTC3fCBxYLj...

Just an English pamphlet from 1649 (about a fire in London) with an image from a walking juvenile skeleton on the title page. The 'a', 'b', 'c' labels around the skeleton are evidence that the copperplate used for this print was borrowed from an earlier medical publication. 1/2

Hey, check out @emersonwbaker.bsky.social Sept. 22 online!

Andover, Massachusetts, experienced much witchery & bedevilry during the 17th century. Check out their tours and talks. #1692witchtrials #HistoryMatters www.northandoverhistoricalsociety.org/upcoming-eve...

My yearly warning: Haunted Happenings, a month-long celebration in #SalemMA, includes lots of events and people. Warning: If you don’t like waiting in lines with people in costumes, October may not be the best time for you to visit. www.hauntedhappenings.org

Visit www.pem.org in #SalemMA for its Salem Witch Trials 1692 exhibit, Eerie Events in October; Haunted Histories: Condemned; Walking Tours featuring PEM-owned historic buildings, etc.

Cry Innocent: The People Versus Bridget Bishop interactive experience #SalemMA www.historyalivesalem.com/current

Learn about Philip English, wealthy merchant and accused witch, in this one-act play. #SalemMA #1692witchtrials #HistoryMatters www.stpeters-sanpedro.org/making-of-a-...

In case you're not following (you should!), @historicbostons.bsky.social covers 17th century events & tours: historicbostons.org/upcomingevents

Check out Historic Beverly events in Massachusetts: historicbeverly.net/events/

Sept. 28: Holten House, which is owned by Daughters of the Revolution's General Israel Putnam Chapter, is rarely open, so take a peek during #TrailsandSails trailsandsails.org/events/judge...

Sept. 13-28: Trails & Sails: free events in Essex National Heritage Area of Massachusetts. trailsandsails.org Check out the schedule!

@burnsmargo.bsky.social will be talking about that pesky ergot theory & fake news as well as what primary sources tell us about the Salem witch trials at various towns in New Hampshire, Sept. 23-Oct. 30. #1692witchtrials #HistoryMatters www.witchesmassbay.com/events/list/

Sept. 22, 2025: 2 pm: Voices of Resistance: Salem Witch Trials Remembrance, Hale Farm, Beverly, MA 6 pm: Mary Estey: Her Life, Execution, & Historic Legacy, Nurse Homestead, Danvers, MA @mary-louise.bsky.social 7 pm: Resistance: Stopping Witch Hunts part 2 w/ @emersonwbaker.bsky.social online

Lots of events happening, from the anniversary of the deaths from the Salem witch trials (Sept. 22) and Trails & Sails, to Haunted Happenings in Salem & beyond. #1692witchtrials #TrailsandSails #HauntedHappenings #SalemMA www.witchesmassbay.com/events/

TONIGHT: 1630 walk in Boston @historicbostons.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/walking-to...

Loving all the press for Ben Wickey & his historical graphic knowledge on Giles Corey, 1692 Salem witch trials, Hawthorne, Salem today. witchhuntshow.com/2025/09/16/i...

Oct. 4: Local author Ben Wickey signing his graphic historical novel, MORE WEIGHT, at House of Seven Gables. Set in 3 centuries, this book explores the 1692 Salem witch trials & the shadows it cast over Salem of yesterday & today. Free. Register here: 7gables.org/event/more-w...

JCB Reads offers former JCB fellows the opportunity to share their recent book publications. These online events are open to anyone who is interested. Visit jcblibrary.org/events for details about the events and reviews of this semester's titles!

NEW ONLINE EVENT! Travelling through a landscape of witches, wizards and wicker men, @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social will reveal how folklore continues to be lived in the present. Tickets available now from @faneproductions.bsky.social: www.fane.co.uk/owen-ceri #booksky

Sept. 13-28: Trails & Sails: free events in Essex National Heritage Area of Massachusetts. trailsandsails.org Check out the schedule!

Check out events listed on my Witches of Massachusetts Bay website. The annual Sails & Trails programs starts now! Plus there are talks & walks about witch hunts, 17th century lives, cemeteries, and more. www.witchesmassbay.com/events/list/...

In case you missed it! Conversation with @emersonwbaker.bsky.social, Sara, Josh, & @historicbostons.bsky.social on 1692 Salem Witch Hunts & others. 6yb7kqsab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001...

Thursday, September 11 @ 8 pm Eastern for Margo Burns’s session at History Camp Boston 2025, Looking a Witch Judge in the Eye: The Portrait of William Stoughton, Chief Magistrate of the Salem Witchcraft Trials. historycamp.org/margo-burns-...

If you missed tonight's discussion of "The Other: Understanding Witch Hunts," it has now been posted: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqnS...

September 13-28: Trails & Sails! FREE events in Essex County, Massachusetts. Land and sea adventures, historic properties, & cultural activities. Check out the schedule (some events repeat). trailsandsails.org

Sept. 18: Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America with author Dr. @kawulf.bsky.social, professor of History at Brown University. Free Zoom presentation, signup required: congregationallibrary.org/events/lineage

Have you been to the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts? It's #1 for a historical home tour. www.boston.com/travel/trave...

Sept. 8: Understanding Witch Hunts part 1 with @emersonwbaker.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/the-other-...

NEW! When something calls to you from the darkest depths, how will you answer? 1950s setting, exploring the local history of The House of the Seven Gables, & the impact the Settlement Association has had on its neighborhood. Immerse yourself into the world of Daemonologie. www.intramersive.com

If you want your kids to become interested in history, get some books with impressive, interesting and mysterious pictures, put them somewhere just out of reach and tell your kid they're not allowed to touch them till they're older. That's where my history addiction started.

When the public was asked which sources of the past are viewed as trustworthy, museums took the top spot for historical dependability. Check out the AHA/FDU survey to find out where other sources of historical information rank.

The AHA has signed on to the @acls1919.bsky.social’s Statement Regarding the White House Review of Smithsonian Institution Museums. The review “supersedes the oversight of professional scholars and makes the museums tools of the presidential administration.” 🗃️

Join us next Tuesday evening, 26 August, for one of our popular guided walks exploring 17th century Huntingdon, including royal visits, a Civil War battle, witch trials, Pepys and (of course) the Cromwell family. More details and bookings at: www.cromwellmuseum.org/events/cromw...

Manifesting pretty rainbow foliage and pumpkin everything and crisp air and Halloween and not sweating my ass off every damn day.

Have you been to the Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester, Massachusetts? It's a curious, fascinating place, full of inventions and historical items. Now you can view 2,443 items in their online catalog: hub.catalogit.app/hammond-cast...

Check out some of the free events for Trails & Sails in Essex county, #Massachusetts. #EssexHeritage mailchi.mp/essexheritag...

In 1692 Salem, no one was burned at the stake for witchcraft. 19 people were hanged but THEY WERE NOT WITCHES. #HistoryMatters #SalemWitchTrials

This is how I know we are not getting through to Salem tourists (or shop owners). No one executed was a witch in 1692. Why? 19 people were hanged but THEY WERE NOT WITCHES. #HistoryMatters #SalemWitchTrials

So @historicbostons.bsky.social asked people why the 17th century is so important. Find out they said. historicbostons.org/blog-1/breme...

Follow the Turner Falls Massacre of 1676 history: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Do you have what it takes to become a @myheritageofficial.bsky.social Wiki contributor? If you ❤️ #genealogy #familyhistory & want to get perks for your contributions, check out the link: www.myheritage.com/wiki/MyHerit... @danielhorowitz.bsky.social

August 9: History Camp Boston. I'll be there! @burnsmargo.bsky.social will be speaking on Judge Stoughton. Marilynne Roach on Infamous Capt. Bradley. Plus Famous Descendants of 1692 Trials. How to Get Excommunicated in Puritan New England. ALMOST SOLD OUT! historycamp.org/events/histo...

Aug 8: First Friday August: Balch House Archaeology 2pm, Historic Beverly, Mass. Join Krystina Yeager, Education Manager, at the Balch House for a deep dive into the archaeology findings found on site. historicbeverly.net/event/first-...

August 19: Twilight Tour: Remembrance of the Salem Witch Trials Victims @ Rebecca Nurse homestead.

August 2: The Making of a Witch: A Play in One Act. This is the last performance of the summer. (Saturdays from Sept. 27 to Nov. 1). I highly recommend this play. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Book review: The First Witches: Women of Power in the Classical World ⭐⭐⭐⭐ After reading Alexis Prescott's book, I finally understand the enduring stories of witches & witchcraft came from the Greco-Roman worlds. #TheFirstWitches #NetGalley www.witchesmassbay.com/2025/07/20/t...

July 19 & August 19: Summer Twilight Tours: Remembrance of the Salem Witch Trials Victims at the Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers, Mass. www.facebook.com/events/16498...