Alice Molland – who has long held the tragic record of being the last woman in England to be hanged as a “witch” – was ...

Astonishing Discovery of Witches During a Period When Witchcraft ... shenanigans during a time when witchcraft was forbidden ...

Between 1645 and 1647, approximately 250 accusations of witchcraft came before the authorities in East Anglia. This was the largest number of accusations that England had experienced in one place ...

Maryland is the most recent state to introduce legislation to exonerate those convicted of witchcraft centuries ago. But why ...

Henry VIII: Wary of witches According to the 2011 UK Census, there are over 53,000 people who identify as Pagan in England. The practice of witchcraft is by no means dead and buried. According to ...

A witchcraft-obsessed, paranoid James I had become king of England and helping to hunt down witches became a way to secure his favour. The "awfulness" of the women's persecution is "well conveyed ...

Mention witches and people will think about a plethora of different things. Little girls dressed up in black and carrying a ...

Cinematic recreations and expert interviews reveal the truth behind six terrifying true stories of witch trials in Germany, Scotland, England, America, Sweden and Ireland.

In her book A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials, Laurie Winn Carlson draws on these events at length in the first few chapters; they make fascinating reading.

Mention witches and people will think about a plethora of different things. Little girls dressed up in black and carrying a tiny broom on Halloween night. Countless horror movies and TV shows full ...