Read a second text about the Salem witch trials. Each Halloween, tourists flock to Salem, Massachusetts, scaring themselves silly at the
various haunted houses. Many people consider Salem to be the perfect Halloween spot,
given its spooky history. In 1692, young girls in the area began throwing outlandish fits,
during which they screamed and contorted their bodies. They appeared to be possessed,
and in fact, the townspeople concluded this must be the case. Mass hysteria about
witchcraft broke out in the area. As a result, twenty innocent individuals were executed
as witches. Even today, Halloween tourists occasionally find themselves facing arrest for
witchcraft. Luckily for them, though, the "officers" are just actors reenacting history. It's
all part of the Salem experience.
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Text 2
The people of Salem decided that witchcraft was
the cause of some villagers' strange behavior.
Several girls in colonial Salem fell into
uncontrollable and unexplained fits.