# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Coercion of False Confessions at the Salem Witchcraft Trials
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: This presentation will show how the false confessions in Salem fit with present-day sociological research on coercive interrogation.About this EventOver a third of the people formally accused of witchcraft in the Salem witchcraft trials in 1692-93 confessed falsely — but why? The conventional explanation is that no one who confessed was executed, so when people realized that the Court was sparing confessors, they chose to do so as a legal strategy to save themselves. But this falls apart on closer scrutiny — one of the confessors actually was executed. The timeline of who confessed and when further discounts this as a “strategy.” This presentation will show how the false confessions in Salem fit with present-day sociological research on coercive interrogation techniques used in criminal investigations.Margo Burns is the 10th-generation great-granddaughter of Rebecca Nurse, who was hanged in Salem in 1692 on the charge of witchcraft. She is the project manager and an associate editor of Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt, published in 2009 by Cambridge University Press. This work is the definitive collection of transcriptions of the legal records of the episode.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/salem/the-coercion-of-false-confessions-at-the-salem-witchcraft-trials/100001999114562471
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Salem
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Pickman House
- **lat**: 42.5210268
- **long**: -70.8917991
- **full address**: The Pickman House, 43 Charter St, Salem, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Coercion of False Confessions at the Salem Witchcraft Trials being held?
  - **A:** The Coercion of False Confessions at the Salem Witchcraft Trials takes place on Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm at The Pickman House, 43 Charter St, Salem, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Coercion of False Confessions at the Salem Witchcraft Trials?
  - **A:** The Coercion of False Confessions at the Salem Witchcraft Trials is organized by City of Salem Witch House.

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