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Giles Corey pressed to death
Farmer Giles Corey refused to enter a plea and was crushed under stones for three days until he died on 19 September 1692.
1692 CE · 42.52, -70.89 · status: official
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By not pleading he may have protected his estate for his sons. His wife Martha was hanged three days later. A memorial plaque is in Salem's Charter Street Cemetery, and later folklore says his ghost appears before disasters in Salem.