The David M. Hunt Library will host “Witches in Connecticut” with the Connecticut Historical Society on Thursday, May 18th at 5 pm. The trials and executions of witches in Connecticut predated the more famous Salem witch panic by over 40 years. Hear the stories of some of the women and men accused, tried, and executed as witches and learn how Connecticut successfully controlled the spread of witch accusations long before Salem erupted in panic and violence.