Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Guide to Sources and Abbreviations
1. The Early Cases (1638-1651)
2. The Parsons of Springfield: A Family at Odds (1651-1652)
3. Suspicion: A Widow's Resistance (1653-1655)
4. The High Price of Silence (1654)
5. A Handful of Troublemakers (1652-1661)
6. A Long-Running Feud (1656-1675)
7. One Man's Many Accusers (1658-1669)
8. Mother and Daughter: The Holmans of Cambridge (1659-1660)
9. The Hartford Witch-hunt (1662-1665)
10. A Father's Battle (1666-1667)
11. One "Cunning Woman": At Odds With All (1668-1670)
12. Three Ambiguous Cases (1669-1681)
13. A Servant "Possessed" (1671-1672)
14. Vehement Suspicion: Eunice Cole of Hampton (1656-1680)
15. Two Grandparents, One Grandson, and a Seaman (1679-1681)
16. The Strange Death of Philip Smith (1683-1684)
17. The "Possession" of the Goodwin Children (1688)
18. The Salem Witch-hunt (1692)
19. The Stamford-Fairfield Witch-hunt (1692-1693)
Appendix The Hartford Witch-hunt: Additional Texts