End Witch Hunts in the News

2025

Feature interview: the fight to exonerate witches

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Witch Hunting from Salem to San Jose: Dorothy Good and Arely Proctor

2024

Maryland Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Exonerate 17th-Century Witchcraft Convictions

Group seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts (Associated Press)

Effort underway to clear the names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts (CBS News)

Massachusetts group pursuing justice for witch trials (Washington Post)

Clearing Salem, NE Residents Accused Of Witchcraft 3 Centuries Later (Salem Patch)

OJ Borg Show – Midnight Mastermind (BBC Radio 2)

Watch Josh and Dr. Emerson W. Baker discuss Massachusetts Witch Trials

‎Where We Live: ‘Before there was Salem, there was Connecticut’: State formally pardons accused witches on Apple Podcasts

370 Years Later, Connecticut Is Exonerating Accused Witches : 1A : NPR

Centuries after they were convicted, Connecticut formally pardons men and women charged with witchcraft (CNN)

Connecticut ‘witches’ exonerated by Senate lawmakers – BBC News

Connecticut exonerates victims of 17th-century witch trials | Connecticut | The Guardian

Connecticut pardons witchcraft charges give in 1600s after executions (usatoday.com)

Activists call for exoneration of Connecticut victims of witch trials (news12.com)

CT was the home of first witch trial (45 years before Salem), activists aim to exonerate victims (CT Insider)

Descendants want a pardon for those hanged as witches in Connecticut

Connecticut 1600’s Witch Trials and Exoneration – People Hidden In History Podcast

Editorial: Connecticut ‘witches’ of yore should be exonerated

Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project Seeks Justice For Wrongfully Accused

Families Seeking Exoneration of Relatives Convicted of Witchcraft During 1600s

They were hanged as witches in Connecticut. Why 375 years later their descendants want these ancestors cleared

Centuries later, descendant of Wallingford witch trial victim fights for justice