You didn’t have to be out casting spells and stirring bubbling cauldrons in the dead of night to be at risk of being labeled ...

Here's a breakdown on the history of witchcraft and an answer to the age-old question, "Are witches real?" Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Witchcraft ...

Other accused witches included Agnes Sampson, a respected elderly woman in North Berwick and Dr John Fian, a local ...

A new history of the seventeenth-century Basque witch-hunt usefully blows away some old myths, but fails to explain ...

I can’t believe that with so many pressing issues — like the $3 billion state deficit facing our legislators — that something ...

Maryland witchcraft legislation addressing injustices of centuries ago seems timely given the peculiar beliefs of the modern ...

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In Scotland, 3,837 cases of people being accused of witchcraft have been found through historical records. Records only show the outcome of 305 trials in Scotland. Of these trials, 205 people were ...

Channel 4's two-part documentary, "Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials", sees the actor examine how women throughout history have been labelled as witches and the shocking abuse they have ...