February
03
/ 2024
In Spring of 1692, a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, accused others in their village of practicing witchcraft, unleashing a hysteria that caused the deaths of at least 24 people. Most of the deaths were caused by hanging, or occurred in prison, but the case of Giles Corey, who was accused of colluding with the devil, was different. During the famed Salem Witch Trials, Giles Corey refused to submit to the lunacy of the Salem show trials. Knowing that making a plea would result in his estate and possessions being forfeited to the government, instead of being passed on to his children, he declined to plead either guilty or not guilty. Giles was subsequently subjected to the
