The early cases (1638-1651) -- The Parsons of Springfield : a family at odds (1651-1652) -- Suspicion : a widow's resistance (1653-1655) -- The high price of silence (1654) -- A handful of troublemakers (1652-1661) -- A long-running feud (1656-1675) -- One man's many accusers (1658-1669) -- Mother and daughter : the Holmans of Cambridge (1659-1660) -- The Hartford witch-hunt (1662-1665) -- A father's battle (1666-1667) -- One "cunning woman" : at odds with all (1668-1670) -- Three ambiguous cases (1669-1681) -- A servant "possessed" (1671-1672) -- Vehement suspicion : Eunice Cole of Hampton (1656-1680) -- Two grandparents, one grandson, and a seaman (1679-1681) -- The strange death of Philip Smith (1683-1684) -- The "possession" of the Goodwin children (1688) -- The Salem witch-hunt (1692) -- The Stamford-Fairfield witch-hunt (1692-1693) -- Appendix. The Hartford witch-hunt : additional texts.