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The Salem Witch Trials began in Salem, Massachusetts during the spring of 1692 after a group of young women claimed to be possessed by the devil and were accused of practicing witchcraft. In January of 1692, two young girls named Elizabeth and Abigail Williams had multiple outbursts a day, and a local doctor blamed it on the supernatural. On March 1, 1962, These three women were taken into the custody of the local magistrate and they were interrogated for several days. Although Osbourne had pleaded innocent, Tituba had confessed that the Devil came to her and wanted her to serve him. All three women were placed in jail. As the hysteria grew, about 162 individuals were accused of witchcraft. 20 people were executed, 19 people were hanged, whereas one man named Giles Corey was pressed to death by heavy stones.