You probably mean Salem, in the eastern part of the USA.
There are witch hunts in part of Sub-Saharan Africa. India is another place that still practices witch hunts. In 2010, India had an 150 and 200 women killed during witch hunts.
The American town famous for the Witch Trials (called the Salem Witch Trials) is Salem, Massachusetts.
There are actual witch hunts going on today in some parts of the world, though the people of the rest of the world know better than to hunt for actual witches. There are things metaphorically called witch hunts going on today in parts of the world where people know better than to hunt for actual witches. Sometimes the things metaphorically called witch hunts are worse. There is a link to an article on witch hunts below.
The town of Salem was famous for a series of witch trials in 1692.
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a person employed to carry out witch-hunts and identify witches.
She is a main character from the very famous play The Crucible. She is the main instigator and orchestrator of the historic "Witch Hunts" in Salem, Mass.
Witch hunt actually originates from with hunts in past centuries. From 1480 to 1750 is considered the classical period of witch hunts. The last executions happened in the 18th century.
Do you mean 1692?
Salem, Massachusetts
Old Salem, Massachussetts.
No, there wasn't.