During the trials, dogs were sometimes associated with the devil or were said to serve as 'familiars'.
Some people have resorted to using some rather unorthodox methods in an attempt to sway the election results.
For a period of over 300 years, people accused of being witches were hunted down and persecuted.
Historian Michael D. Bailey explores witchcraft down the ages and why people believed that witches could fly.
Lawmakers in the state have voted to exonerate a dozen individuals who were convicted of witchcraft hundreds of years ago.
Fed up with her existing job, 29-year-old Jessica Caldwell decided to start a whole new career as a practicing witch.
Belief in witches and witchcraft is so widespread that in some countries as many as 9 in 10 people believe in them.
Police are investigating the case of a woman who was murdered by villagers who believed that she was a witch.
Throughout the ages, cheese has been perceived to possess all manner of strange and magical properties.
A dead bat generated controversy ahead of a recent football match between Cameroon and Zimbabwe.
An attempted murder investigation is underway in South Africa after a woman was attacked and set on fire.
Over 300 years ago, thousands of Scots were burnt at the stake because they were believed to be witches.
An anti-witchcraft potion dating back 150 years has been discovered in a pub in Northamptonshire, England.
Thousands of witchcraft practitioners are planning to cast a spell on US President Donald Trump later today.
A woman in Ontario was recently arrested for witchcraft two days before the archaic law was set to be scrubbed.
A forensic artist has pieced together the appearance of a woman who was once imprisoned for witchcraft.
Evidence of a 9,000-year-old Stone Age ritual site has been found on the Swedish island of Bla Jungfrun.
The Czocha College of Witchcraft and Wizardry has been heavily inspired by the Harry Potter universe.
Paganism, witchcraft and druidism are being included in some school lessons in southern England.
The case of Katharina Henot who was burnt at the stake in 1627 has been re-opened this week.