★ 美國史上最震撼的真實犯罪事件,顛覆想像的第一人稱敘事!★ 女巫審判現場直擊——「而我,全都看見了。」★ 結合歷史考證與黑色幽默,讓年輕讀者一讀上癮★ 哥德風插畫+萬聖節話題首選,校園與圖書館必備書1692年,麻薩諸塞灣殖民地。第一個女孩尖叫倒地時,人們還以為只是胡鬧;第二個女孩開始狂吠,第三、第四個渾身顫抖。醫生低聲說出「邪惡之手降臨」——整個塞勒姆村瞬間陷入恐慌。誰是女巫?答案似乎人人心裡有數:那些貧窮的、年老的、古怪的、無人保護的人。指控如野火蔓延,鄰里反目,朋友翻臉。當審判落幕,二十條性命已經消逝,更多家庭支離破碎。而這一切,都由一位身處風暴中心的歷史人物親口講述。歷史教授凱蒂.甘迺迪以犀利又帶點嘲諷的聲音,重新打開美國史上最駭人的真實案件——在恐懼之下,人性究竟會走向何方?Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1692. When the first girl fell down screaming, the people of Salem Village thought it might just be silliness. Then a second girl started barking. A third and fourth began to shake uncontrollably. A doctor said "an evil hand" had come upon the girls, and everyone knew: They were bewitched. But who were the witches? Everyone knew that too: the unprotected residents of Salem--the poor, the elderly, the ones who were a little bit strange. Soon more girls were having fits and naming people as witches. The village erupted in accusations, suspicion, and fear. By the time the witch trials ended, dozens of lives had been ruined