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The Salem Witch Trials (1692) (2016x15)

Air date: Oct 29, 2016

Its time for a Halloween special! In Salem Village, Massachusetts, February 1692, Betty Parris, age 9 and Abigail Williams, age 11, the daughters and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris became ill. Their health failed to improve and they went into constant fits, so a doctor called William Griggs was called in. His diagnosis? bewitchment.