The dateline reads Salem, Mass. and the N.Y. Times headline reads "Witchy Town's worry, do too many psychics spoil the brew?" Salem is the place in the late seventeenth century where people were falsely accused of "witchcraft", 150 arrested, 29 convicted and 19 hanged. It sounds incredible today but they were victims of mass hysteria and religious extremism. Anyway, the town's reputation has always attracted tourists and the curious and now the place is teeming with psychics - 75 at last count. One native thinks it's good for competition and wants Salem to become the "Las Vegas of psychics." The average fee runs $35. for fifteen minutes but a Chinese fortune cookie would be much cheaper.
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