These wise women made house calls, delivered babies, dealt with infertility, and cured impotence. The Salem witch trials began in 1692, in the home of a Puritan minister named Samuel Parris. The hysteria behind the 1692 Salem witch trials spread to 24 outlying villages. Others, however, have used the history of witches to found a new spiritual movement. Then, discover the Basque Country witch trials, the worst witch hunt in history.