Fri Oct 9 · 10am
Coffee & Conversation: Dorcas Hoar & the Beverly Witch Trials
A talk over coffee on Beverly’s part in the 1692 witchcraft crisis, when five townspeople were accused and many more drawn into the trials. It centres on Dorcas Hoar, the convicted witch sometimes called the “mob boss of Beverly,” and the Reverend John Hale, who took part in the trials and later criticised them, with accounts of accusers, confessions and attempts to fight witchcraft with witchcraft.
Free – $5.00