Perspective
Oct. 20, 2015
Mass hysteria: a modern phenomenon, too
A review of two recent books on mass hysteria in American history. By Barbara Kate Repa
Author and historian Stacy Schiff has you at the book's opening sentences: "In 1692 the Massachusetts Bay Colony executed fourteen women, five men, and two dogs for witchcraft. The sorcery materialized in January. The first hanging took place in June, the last in September; a stark, stunned silence followed."
A lot of confusing history was packed into that short time, and it's painted beautifully in the pages of "The Wi...
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