Daily Archives for 26 May 2014


May 26: Alse Young, the First American Witch

The 26 May 1647 began one of the darkest times of America’s past. In Windsor, Massachusetts at the age of 47, Alse Young was tried, convicted, and found guilty for the capital offense of witchcraft. Not much is known about Young except that she was the first recorded woman to be executed for the accusation […]