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The Salem Witch Trials are commonly misunderstood by the general public to be a burn-at-the-stake fun fest, but upon serious reflection by historians we see that a majority of what we understand to be part of history, is only part of fiction. For instance, it is understood that the witches were burned at the stake, but burning at the stake was illegal at the time, so most were hanged, but not all. For instance there was an accused witch who refused to admit to the crime, and in order to force a confession, he was put under 1000's of pounds of rocks, having his last words being "more weight." The trials were even more crazy, with some witches flat out confessing to the crime, and the accusers making a show of the trial through imitation or screaming. This dark period is remembered through an ominous slate of granite in the town.