• Witch Hunting

    May 24, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Visited Salem today and went around learning about the witch trials.
    There's a lot of tourist trap places here which I think I mainly avoided. Also lots of witchy shops that I don't think I'm qualified to use.

    Didnt realise but there were a number of men who died accused of witchcraft, including one man who was "pressed to death" by rocks because he would refuse to plead guilty or not guilty, so the trial couldn't start.

    All very messed up, more proof people are idiots.

    The place itself is very pretty though, and I'm also staying in a 'haunted hotel'.
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