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

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.

A bill introduced in the state House by Maryland lawmakers could exonerate individuals accused or convicted of witchcraft ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

From the Pendle Witches to Samlesbury Hall, here are some of the areas in Lancashire that locals associate with witchcraft.

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

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 ...

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