WITCH'S HOUSE

AIRED: Season 1, Episode 3
Season 2, Episode 7
THE DETECTIVE: Gwen Wright
THE PLACE: Benjamin Abbot's House, Essex County, Massachusetts

THE CASE:

Could a house in Essex County, Massachusetts, have once belonged to an accused witch?

The History Detectives head to New England to research the likelihood with local historians and a descendant of the accused witch, Martha Carrier, who was executed by hanging in 1692 during the infamous Salem Witch Trials.

Might the woman who was called the "Queen of Hell" have owned this home?

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