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 ...

Modern witches claim to be speaking for an entire class of oppressed people who have existed throughout history: ‘For decades, witches have been moving slowly out of the shadows and spreading ...

The Salem Witch Trials may have only lasted 15 months, but over 200 people were accused of practising witchcraft in that short time. However, despite the popularity of the Salem trials, you’d be ...

A new history of the seventeenth-century Basque witch-hunt usefully blows away some old myths, but fails to explain convincingly why it happened, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh In the early years of the ...

A guide to Hong Kong’s most haunted places And the building that houses the museum has a history of its own: it was built in the late 16th century by a witch hunter who played a key role in ...