The Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts could be considered a horrific and dramatic event. European settlers from England passed on tales of fairies, vampires and of course witches to new generations. Later, frightened neighbors accused each other of Devil's Magic (Blumberg). They were children cursing each other and adults accusing each other. The belief in witches has been around for thousands of years. Europeans were very superstitious between the years 1300 and 1700. Tens of thousands of people were executed for being found guilty of witchcraft. As a result, today's settlers in Danvers, Massachusetts were exposed to these beliefs and led to their brutal execution. (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 pricks in their skin, moaning like "an afterlife banshee", and contorting himself into shapes that were unnatural for a human (Blumberg). Supernatural forces were said to confide in them, and everyone's fear was awakened when the girls mentioned the witches of Tituba, an Indian slave, who taught her about the Caribbean. voodoo-inspired magic to local girls, putting the idea of ​​witchcraft in their minds (Aronson, 1) She was never trusted in the town because she was a basic foreign slave, "voodoo magic" used in modern shows. were the "incapable witchcraft" of the 1600s. On February 29, 1692, Tituba, Sarah Osborne, and Sarah Good were accused of devil's magic by the group of girls (Linder). witch, because women were considered by nature lustful towards the Devil (Blumberg). Tituba confesses...... middle of paper......, 729-730). It was one of the first grotesque and horrific mistakes in American history, all due to a selfish fear of the supernatural, that will never be forgotten. Works Cited Aronson, Marc. Witch Hunt: The Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials. New York: Atheneum for Young Readers, 2003. Print. Blumberg, Jess. “Smithsonian.com.” Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian Institution, nd Web. November 06, 2013.Linder, Douglas O. “The Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692.” The Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692. Np, September 2009. Web. November 1, 2013. Mastin, Luke. “The Salem Witch Trails.” Salem Witch Trails (America, 1692 - 1693) - Witchcraft. Np, and Web. November 10, 2013. “Salem Witch Trials.” - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Np, and Web. October 31, 2013. The Young Reader's Companion to American History. Ed. John A. Garraty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. 384+. Print.