How was the idea of a witch created or thought of? It started when two girls asked an Indian woman their fortune. Their reverend father noticed odd behavior, and as the result of a testimony, the first three woman were sent to jail. After that there were more accusations of people being witches. But what made people believe or know that another was a witch? There were at least three causes of the Salem witch trial hysteria. They were anti-female bias, strong beliefs and lying/acting girls, and jealousy of poor versus rich. One cause of the witch trial hysteria was anti-female bias. Out of the twenty people hung, thirteen were women and seven were men. (Doc. A) In a total one-hundred thirty-four people were accused, one hundred and