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

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 ...

Witchcraft close witchcraftIn a historical context, this was thought to be a kind of magic that could be used to cause harm to people or property. Witches were often accused of obtaining their ...

The word witch is now associated with malevolent black magic but in medieval Britain white witches or “cunning folk” were an accepted part of village life. These pagan healers were skilled in ...

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 ...

According to information from the Chester County History Center, William Penn presided over the state’s only official witch trial in 1684 and the woman was found not guilty.

RYLAN CLARK is on a mission to get clued-up on all things history, as I can reveal he’s going to be digging into the past ...

The Crucible” is a dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692-1693. American playwright Arthur Miller penned the play as an allegory for ...

This seminar studies the representation of witches from the late 1400s to the mid-1600s, exploring the violent history of European witch hunts and the use of women’s bodies as a tool for political ...

When the most horrifying witches in history return to unleash a deadly plague in modern times, it's up to Kaulder and his allies to stop them before all hell breaks loose. The fantasy action film ...