In 1692, Bridget Bishop was found guilty for dabbling in witchcraft and was hanged eight days after her trial. Bishops witchcraft was stated as being “evident and notorious to all beholders” because she already had numerous accusations against her, many of which were from past years. During these times in history, New Englanders believed that witches were conspiring with the devil and using their occult powers to cause harm to other people. People had been making accusation against Bishop for years, many of which accused Bishop of torturing people, forcing them to write their names in a book. In addition, when people were caused harm, they blamed it on her and others instead of it being an accident or just another misfortune. Sadly, once a
