How many witches were burned at the site in the Salem Witch Trials?

Question

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Answer 1

None of the "witches" in Salem were burned anywhere.

Nineteen accused witches were hanged on Gallows Hill in 1692:

June 10

Bridget Bishop

July 19

Rebecca Nurse
Sarah Good
Susannah Martin
Elizabeth Howe
Sarah Wildes

August 19

George Burroughs
Martha Carrier
John Willard
George Jacobs, Sr.
John Proctor

September 22

Martha Corey
Mary Eastey
Ann Pudeator
Alice Parker
Mary Parker
Wilmott Redd
Margaret Scott
Samuel Wardwell

One accused witch (or wizard, as male witches were often called) was pressed to death on September 19 when he failed to plead guilty or not guilty:

Giles Corey

Other accused witches died in prison:

Sarah Osborn
Roger Toothaker
Lyndia Dustin
Ann Foster
(As many as thirteen** others may have died in prison.)
**sources conflict as to the exact number of prison deaths

Answer 2

Zero were burned in the Salem Witch Trials. The 19 that were executed were done so by hanging. That's a pretty good trick question that is sure to get most people. It got me at first until I read the question more carefully.

Answer 3

None were burned. They were hanged. There were 29 accused, and 19 actually killed- 14 women, 5 men. It didn't just happen in Salem either. It was in Essex, Suffolk and Middlesex counties.

Answer 4

Sarge knows his history! But it seems that everyone forgot about one who was hanged as a witch, because he was nameless. They actually accused and convicted a dog!
Visit Salem and they will give you the low down on it.

Answer 5

None. They were hung. The one male who was tried was well into his 70's and placed beneath the boards of a cider press and then weighted with stones until he suffocated to death.
Refused to say he was a warlock right up until the end too.

Answer 6

0. I believe. They were hanged or maybe one was pressed with stones.