Every October, tales of hauntings and curses rise from the past, but this time, the ghost story isn’t fiction. According to ...

Witch! A term that historically struck terror, often associated with women accused of dark magic and sinister deeds. Between ...

Up to 60,000 so-called “witches” are thought to have been executed across Europe during the 1600s and 1700s, with tens of thousands more put on trial. But new research suggests that one English woman ...

Ruth Osborne was drowned by a mob of 5,000 people after being accused of witchcraft in 1751, a librarian says.

A set of markings known as “witches marks” have been discovered carved into the walls of a historic medieval manor in England. The "witches" or apotropaic marks — believed to protect against witches ...