The Connecticut witch trials were a series of witch hunts that occurred in colonial Connecticut between 1647 and 1697, predating and extending beyond the more infamous Salem witch trials of Massachusetts.
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In the Psycheverse
Psyche treats the Connecticut trials as a crucial precedent to Salem, examining how early American Puritan hysteria, occult accusation, and systemic persecution functioned in 17th-century colonial life. The Hartford panic of 1662 serves as a focal point for understanding how spiritual anxiety and community paranoia became weaponized against the vulnerable before Salem canonized witch trial mythology.
Connecticut's witch trials (1647–1697) constitute a significant but historically overshadowed chapter of American colonial persecution, preceding and extending beyond the Salem trials. The Hartford witch panic of 1662 stands as a particularly intense period within this longer arc of accusations and executions.