From ancient Greece through Puritan New England, witches functioned as easy targets for cultural anxieties about gender, ...

Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches differs quite heavily from The Witching Hour, the first novel in the Mayfair book trilogy the ...

Many witches throughout the long history of "Star Wars" have tapped into aspects of the Force that Jedi and Sith haven't, ...

A guide to Hong Kong’s most haunted places And the building that houses the museum has a history of its own: it was built in the late 16th century by a witch hunter who played a key role in ...

The Salem witch trials are famous, but throughout history thousands were executed for the impossible crime of witchcraft. Most suspects were poor women, elderly, indigenous people or disabled ...

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Dozens were executed for witchcraft in the US in the 17th Century ... attempt to paint America as a bad place with a bad history," he was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.

Nearly 300 people were tried for witchcraft in Essex between 1560 and 1690, with 82 executions, mainly of women.

Salem gets the attention in part because it has found it profitable to embrace its witch history. The city actively lures tourists with a “witch house,” a witch museum and a statue of Elizabeth ...