Salem Trip Overview
The tryals have left a footprint on Salem, and the world, that still echo 330 years later. Join us on our 90min walking tour as we visit historic locations and lay the groundwork to explore and unpack what happened in Salem in 1692. Shedding light on how a community driven by fear and led by religious ideology and zealotus extremism, executed 20 innocent people.
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Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Starts: Salem, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Salem, Massachusetts, United States
The tryals have left a footprint on Salem, and the world, that still echo 330 years later. Join us on our 90min walking tour as we visit historic locations and lay the groundwork to explore and unpack what happened in Salem in 1692. Shedding light on how a community driven by fear and led by religious ideology and zealotus extremism, executed 20 innocent people.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Salem Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Sq, Salem, MA 01970-3704
A historic building in its own rite, as well as a filming location for the classic Halloween movie, Hocus Pocus. A fitting location for the start of the tour.
Note: We’ll stop at this location, we don’t go inside.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: John Ward House, 9 Brown St, Salem, MA 01970-3810
Historic location. 330 years ago this is where the house of Sheriff Corwin, the High Sheriff of Essex county stood. In the scope of the trials he acts as the warrant issuer, interrogator, and torturer, amongst others.
Note: We’ll stop at this location, we don’t go inside.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Rockafellas, 231 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
Historic Location. This was the site of the First Church of Salem, as well as the city meeting house in 1692.
Note: We’ll stop at this location, we don’t go inside.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: 93 Washington St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
Long since torn down, in the road adjacent to this location is where the Salem Courthouse once stood. Where the trials themselves took place.
Note: We’ll stop at this location, we don’t go inside.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Turner’s Seafood at Lyceum Hall, 43 Church St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
Historic Location. The Old Lyceum Hall, now Turners Seafood restaurant is on land once owned by Bridget Bishop, the first person executed in the scope of the Salem Witchcraft trials.
Note: We’ll stop at this attraction, no admission included
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: 10 Federal St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
Historic Location. Near the site of the Old Salem Goal (Jail), this is where the accused spent months awaiting trials in conditions that were radically inhumane.
Note: We’ll stop at this location, we don’t go inside.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Salem Witch Trials Memorial, Charter St., Salem, MA 01970
Historic Location. Those who were executed in 1692 were not given any formal burial. this memorial, dedicated in 1993, is what we have today to now pay our respects to those who lost their lives in the Salem Witchcraft Trials.
Note: We’ll stop at this location, we don’t go inside.
Duration: 10 minutes
