edit - just to be clear, the so called 'witch trials' were also arranged by 'scammers' who wanted to claim land, property and/or silence from big-mouthed 'witches' who were actually what we now refer to as whistle-blowers.
Indeed. That's why they were coined the Salem Witch
Trials, not hunt(s). Emphasis on
trials.Scam-artists and greedy thieves putting innocents on trial; all for their own personal gain (wealth & lands).