Throughout accounts of 17th-century witch trials in Europe and North America, physical features alone were considered undeniable proof of witchcraft. The belief was that the devil branded witches' ...

The Salem witch trials were a series of prosecutions for witchcraft starting in 1692 and influenced by trials in the UK [Getty Images] Links between the infamous Suffolk witch trials in the 17th ...

A new pop-up exhibition is exploring the stories of the women and men who faced execution after being accused of witchcraft in Suffolk. The Heart of Suffolk: Witch Trials will be displayed at Sudbury ...

Margaret Atwood has always railed against her seminal novel The Handmaid’s Tale being described as science fiction. In multiple interviews since its publication in 1985, she’s reiterated that the book ...

In spring 1692, a handful of women in the New England town of Salem Village had been arrested on “suspicion of acts of witchcraft” when authorities issued a warrant for Dorothy Good, age 4. Dorothy’s ...

Connecticut has plenty of trunk or treats, club crawls, dance parties and other familiar Halloween activities. But the state also has a history of witches, haunted houses and other creepy activities ...

A council has called for a general pardon of people executed after historical witch trials, including seven women who were hanged in Kent in 1652. Five women from Cranbrook and one woman from Lenham ...

THOMASVILLE- The John Lee of Nansemond Chapter, Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century met at The Plaza Restaurant for its January meeting. During the meeting, new officers were elected and delegates to ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a 17th century 'witches' cottage' during a construction project in Pendle Hill. The building was discovered underneath a grass mound in the village of Barley in ...