The Salem witch trials took place in a period of New England history when women were accused of being witches. These accusations were deadly in some cases. It wasn’t until 2022 that the last woman ...

Safe on dry land, James blamed witches. Witch trials in Scotland ran for over two years, implicating 70 people, who ranged ...

During the 17th-century Finnmark witch trials, 91 people were executed in Norway's northernmost region, mainly by burning at the stake ...

It's an old story: A woman is accused of witchcraft by someone close to her—a neighbor, a relative, a rival. Often the original accuser resents or envies the woman or has a property dispute with her.

It’s Oct. 15, 1674, in Torsåker, Sweden. Fear and panic are in the air as 65 women and six men make their way to the execution block. All accused of witchcraft, they will each be decapitated with an ...

Throughout history, the depiction of the witch has taken on many forms, but the archetype has always been a woman in all black, either wearing a pointy hat and flying around on a broom, or the ...

Detail of brooms for witches in halloween, detail of decoration and superstition, magic and mystery(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Sergi Nunez) Look up “witches” and ...

The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between early 1692 and mid-1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the devil’s magic—and 20 were executed. In 1711, ...