The Crucible: Witchcraft The Witchcraft scare in Salem in 1692 was fueled by a variety of factors. People in the town of Salem were very scared. They were accusing people of being witches left and right. They were doing this because they were either scared of a certain person or they saw that person doing weird stuff. This is why people were being accused of being a witch. In the town of Salem there has been many rumors about witchcraft. There has been people in the woods engaged in voodoo ritual led by Parris's slave Tituba. While they were doing this they were caught by Reverend Parris. This is how the witchcraft rumors were basically started. People