The Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts could be considered a horrendous and dramatic event. European settlers from England passed down stories of fairies, vampires, and, of course, witches to new generations. Later the frightened neighbors accused each other of The Devil's Magic (Blumberg). It was children cursing each other and adults accusing each other. There has been a belief in witches for thousands of years. Europeans were very superstitious between 1300 and 1700. Tens of thousands of people were executed for being convicted of witchcraft, so settlers in modern-day Danvers, Massachusetts, exposure to the beliefs caused them to brutally execute each other. (Blumberg and Linder). In early January 1692, nine-year-old Betty Parris and her cousin, Abigail Williams, began having nightmares, behaving like animals, complaining of strange spots in their skin, complaining like "a banshee of the world." afterlife,” and contorting themselves into shapes that were not natural to a human being (Blumberg). Supernatural forces were said to confide in them, and everyone's fear was awakened when the girls mentioned the witches Tituba, a slave Indian, who had taught her Caribbean voodoo-inspired magic to local girls, putting the idea of ​​witchcraft in their minds (Aronson, 1). She was never trusted in the city because she was a basic foreign slave of common "voo-doo magic" used in modern shows were the "incompetent witchcraft" of the 1600s. On February 29, 1692, Tituba, Sarah Osborne, and Sarah Good were accused of devil magic by the group of girls (the Linder women who were thought to be more likely a.). sheet......, 729-730). one of the first grotesque and horrible errors in American history, all due to a selfish fear of the supernatural, which will never be forgotten. Works Cited Aronson, Marc. Witch Hunts: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials. New York: Athenaeum for Young Readers, 2003. Print.Blumberg, Jess. “Smithsonian.com.” Smithsonian magazine. Smithsonian Institution and Web. 06 November 2013. Linder, Douglas O. “The Salem Witch Trials of 1692.” The Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Np, September 2009. Web. 01 November 2013. Mastin, Luca. "Salem Witch Trails." Salem Witch Trails (America, 1692 - 1693) - Witchcraft. Np, nd Web. November 10, 2013. “Salem Witch Trials.” - Plain English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Np, nd Web. October 31, 2013. The young reader's companion to American history. Ed. John A. Garraty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. 384+. Press.