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Salem's complicated journey from witch trials to witch tourism

by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson

Oct 27, 2022

In the 1690s, women were hanged in Salem, Massachusetts on suspicion of witchcraft. Now, it's a witchy Mecca for tourists.

Hundreds of thousands of people descend on Salem during the Halloween season.

Sarah Leeson

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Midday Update: Job numbers, calorie counts, and Romanian witches

by Katharine Crnko

Jan 7, 2011

The U.S. Labor Department's jobs report threw us for a loop today. The nation's unemployment rate fell from 9.8 to 9.4 percent today -- the lowest...