A new book How to Kill a Witch brings a dark period of history back to grisly life – and an official tartan is being released to memorialise some of those who were tortured and killed.

Marshall, a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell who has written about historic witch trials. Instead, witchcraft accusations usually plagued women whose behavior irked ...

But 331 years later, religious witch hunts remain a common — if not well-publicized — occurrence in countries around the world. Women are the predominant targets, as they were in historical ...

A 300-year-old rare book that details events said to have inspired the infamous Salem Witch Trials will go on display. The book, from 1716, was purchased by two charities for Moyse's Hall Museum ...

That's absolutely the stereotype of a historical witch." Gibson also spoke about the differences between modern day witch hunts and those historically, and said, "Modern day witch hunts can be ...

14, I attended an evening event at Agecroft Hall in Richmond called “The Case Against Martha Wheeler: A Witch Trial Based on 17th Century Texts.” It was part play and part historical re ...

Some destinations are obvious like Salem, Massachusetts, home of the historic witch trials and now host to millions of people during their month long festival called Haunted Happenings.

It takes place on a site involving the centuries-old Bell family haunting. Historic Bell Witch Cave Co-Owner and Director of Operations Candy Hooten, along with her co-owner brother and sister ...

The last witch to die at a European level was the ... conducting research that led to a collective mea culpa for historical responsibilities: a general thread ranging from the Crusades to the ...

The 300-year-old book of witch trials held in Bury St Edmunds will go on display later this month A 300-year-old rare book that details events said to have inspired the infamous Salem Witch Trials ...