The Salem Witch Trials Match facts about the Salem Witch Trials. Read the story of The Salem Witch Trials (After you finish the game, click on the picture to return to the biography of The Salem Witch Trials.) Tools A B Increase Mather Puritan minister Massachusetts the state where the trials were held Salem the town where the accusations took place George Burroughs minister who was hanged as a witch Bridgit Bishop first woman hanged as a witch in Salem Tituba slave who told stories to the girls Gallows Hill where the people were hanged Lord's Prayer what George Burroughs recited twenty the number of people who died accused of witchcraft twelve Mathers age when he entered Harvard eighteen Mathers age when he finished Harvard spectral a word meaning ghostly advocate to argue for something recant to take back publicly a belief contrition the state of being contrite superstition a belief or practice resulting from ignorance recompense to pay back embroil to throw into disorder or confusion witch cake what Tituba baked