The "Witches" of Salem, Massachusetts, who in 1692 swore they had seen "the devil at work," may have been simply a group ofn young girls hallucinating from contaminated bread. Researchers have recently postulated that the "witches" were suffering from ergotism, a toxic condition produced by eating grain tainted with the parasitic fungus ergot, genus Claviceps. Ergot is a hallucinogen related to lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD. Nineteen men and women were found guilty and hanged as a result of the trial, while one man was pressed to death between two stones.
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