Payne is taking artistic liberty here. All but one of the persons executed as witches in Salem died by hanging, not burning at the stake. One man was crushed to death by heavy stones. Many of those condemned for sorcery in Europe died in the flames, but some were decapitated or hanged, their bodies often burned afterwards.
Payne is taking artistic liberty here. All but one of the persons executed as witches in Salem died by hanging, not burning at the stake. One man was crushed to death by heavy stones. Many of those condemned for sorcery in Europe died in the flames, but some were decapitated or hanged, their bodies often burned afterwards.