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Creeping out in Salem and Danvers

October 29, 2011 at 3:56PM
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What to do

"Cry Innocent: The People vs. Bridget Bishop," is an interactive play in which the audience plays the jury for a witch trial (1-978-867-4767; www.gordon.edu/historyalive).

The Witch House, home of witch trial Judge Jonathan Corwin, is the only building still standing in Salem with ties to the trials (1-978-744-8815; www.salemweb.com/witchhouse).

Salem Witch Trials Memorial Park pays homage to the 19 people hanged for witchcraft (adjoining the Charter Street Cemetery, Salem).

Salem Village Parsonage is where the witch hysteria began (behind 67 Centre Street, Danvers).

Rebecca Nurse Homestead is the Danvers home of one of the accused (1-978-774-8799; www.rebeccanurse.org).

WHERE TO STAY

The Hawthorne Hotel (Salem; 1-978-744-4080; www.hawthornehotel.com).

Salem Waterfront Hotel (1-978-740-8788; www.salemwaterfronthotel.com).

WHERE TO EAT IN SALEM

Red's Sandwich Shop (1-978-745-3527; www.reds sandwichshop.com).

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Rockafellas (1-978-745-2411; www.rockafellasof salem.com).

Salem Beer Works (1-978-745-2337; www.beerworks.net).

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