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Salem is a common name for towns an places, particularly in the Western world. In ancient times it was the name of a locality in the Near East (Palestine), and traditionally identified with Jerusalem, before the name "Jerusalem" was used. It is mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 14:18, in connection with the figure Melchizedek, typically translated "King of Salem" which means "King of Peace". However, the Hebrew text, according to some scholars, is not clear; instead of the "King of Salem" (melekh Salem) reading, the original text may have had melekh shelomo ("a king allied to him") . There may also be a connection to the Canaanite god Shalem .

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  • 20 people were executed after the supposed 17th C. demonic possession of girls in this U.S. city
  • The Ward House in this Massachusetts city is haunted by the ghost of witchcraft victim Giles Cory
  • Witch hunting was more fashionable in this city 16 miles N.E. of Boston than in its West Coast counterpart
  • In 1926 the Chicago Opera Co. presented Charles Cadman's "The Witch Of" this Massachusetts town
  • Witchcraft trials held in this town in 1692 led to the hangings of 19 people
  • In 1840 Jason Lee established a mission on the site of this future Oregon capital
  • When Oregon became a state in 1859, this city on the Willamette River was already the capital
  • It's the town where 20 people were executed for being witches in 1692
  • The grave of witchcraft trial Judge John Hathorne is in the Burying Point, this city's oldest cemetery
  • There's a New England pirate museum in this Massachusetts city, as well as a witch museum
  • Oregon's major cities, including this state capital, lie in the fertile Willamette Valley
  • "The City of Witches",Massachusetts
  • "The Crucible" opens in 1692 in Reverend Parris' house in this Massachusetts town
  • A sign in this Oregon capital marks the 45yh parallel "half way between the Equator and the North Pole"
  • This cat from "Sabrina" has his own series of "Tails"
  • Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" lives in this village, where he attends a witches' sabbath
  • In 1692 Tituba, a West Indian slave, spent 13 months in jail in this Massachusetts Bay Colony town

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