Maria Anna Schwegelin was the last witch to be sentenced to death in Germany, in the Bavarian town of Kempten, even though leading thinkers and authorities no longer truly believed in witchcraft ...

A new exhibition on the Salem witch trials explores how the meaning ... including the confession—no doubt given under duress—of Tituba, an enslaved Indigenous woman. But it also includes ...

No other suspect would claim such attention ... More than anyone else, she propelled America’s infamous witch hunt forward, supplying its imagery and determining its shape.

AMC has renewed “ Mayfair Witches ” for a third season at AMC, which will be set in Salem, Mass. In addition, Thomas Schnauz is joining the Anne Rice series as co-showrunner with Esta Spalding, who co ...

The current name, translating to 'Witches' Bush,' has brought stigma and ridicule, especially for women.

but that witches had no real powers. (Burchard of Worms, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) Title page of Heinrich Kramer's 1486 book, Hammer of Witches (or Malleus Maleficarum as it was called ...

Although it is not clear what the spell is for, it is obvious they are up to no good. The Witches' chant is in a different rhythm to the way the other characters speak - this also suggests their ...