In time for Halloween, Todd DePastino presents the chilling case of “The Salem Witch Trials.” It began on a cold January day in 1692 with two young girls telling fortunes in the kitchen of Rev. Samuel Parris. The girls began barking, twisting, writhing in pain, as if in the grip of an evil force. “These Children were bitten and pinched by invisible agents,” concluded a doctor. A clear case of witchcraft. By the time it was all over, 19 had been hanged, five had died in prison, and 200 others had been accused. Come hear the gruesome details and consider whether this was, in fact, a case “mass hysteria” or something more sinister.