This version include a reading note at the end of chapter. A group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. As a wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court convened in Salem to hear the cases; the first and the infamous Salem Witch Trials began during the spring of 1692. An incredible story about the madness of Salem and the history of the times – a combination that makes you feel like this is not at all a work of fiction.