In the winter of 1692, trouble erupted in salem village. The fits and dreams of two young girls set off a witch-hunt. More than eighty villagers found themselves charged with witchcraft; twenty-five lost their lives. At ...In the winter of 1692, trouble erupted in salem village. The fits and dreams of two young girls set off a witch-hunt. More than eighty villagers found themselves charged with witchcraft; twenty-five lost their lives. At the center of the storm stood tituba, a west indian slave who was among the first accused.