New England is the site of the town where the Salem witch trials took place in 1692.
New England . In 1692 , the town of Salem , Massachusetts and surrounding areas experienced one of the most infamous cases of mass hysteria in the history of the Western Hemisphere , the Salem witch trials . Salem witch trials . Despite being generally known as the Salem Witch Trials , the preliminary hearings in 1692 were conducted in several towns : Salem Village ( now Danvers ) , Salem Town , Ipswich , and Andover .