Halloween classic “Hocus Pocus” follows Max, a young boy who accidentally resurrects three evil witches in Salem, Massachusetts in 1993. The witches in question — played by Bette Midler ...

Little girls dressed up in black and carrying a tiny broom on Halloween night ... History hasn't been kind to witches, but now there is a much deeper understanding of their past, present, and future.

Halloween is the spookiest night ... rejected anything associated with the Devil and witch," Chloe Rhodes wrote in "Black Cats and Evil Eyes: A Book on Old-fashioned Superstition." ...

Many modern Jewish rituals can trace their roots back to warding off evil spirits, making them ideal Halloween fare ... ceremony popular among modern witches for cleansing a person or place ...