Search results for: witchcraft
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Calls mount for UK to pardon women who were hanged for 'bewitchment'
10-14-2025 |
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Centuries ago, the crime of being a practicing witch - based on the flimsiest of evidence - was punishable by death.
Witches are reportedly trying to use 'spells' to influence the US election
10-29-2024 | 41
Some people have resorted to using some rather unorthodox methods in an attempt to sway the election results.
New study reveals what sparked 15th-Century witch trial obsession
10-19-2024 | 3
For a period of over 300 years, people accused of being witches were hunted down and persecuted.
50 accused 'sorcerers' die after being forced to ingest a mysterious liquid
3-18-2024 | 18
Officials in Angola have highlighted the recent case of 50 people who died while being forced to prove they weren't sorcerers.
Connecticut witches have been exonerated over 370 years later
5-27-2023 | 18
Lawmakers in the state have voted to exonerate a dozen individuals who were convicted of witchcraft hundreds of years ago.
Welsh beautician quits her job to become a full-time witch
5-2-2023 | 13
Fed up with her existing job, 29-year-old Jessica Caldwell decided to start a whole new career as a practicing witch.
40% of the world's population believes in witches, study claims
11-24-2022 | 21
Belief in witches and witchcraft is so widespread that in some countries as many as 9 in 10 people believe in them.
Woman in India is killed over 'witchcraft' fears
7-5-2022 | 6
Police are investigating the case of a woman who was murdered by villagers who believed that she was a witch.
Football match marred by witchcraft allegations
1-21-2021 | 4
A dead bat generated controversy ahead of a recent football match between Cameroon and Zimbabwe.
Young woman 'set on fire' over witchcraft fears
11-13-2020 | 5
An attempted murder investigation is underway in South Africa after a woman was attacked and set on fire.
Lawyer seeks to pardon 2,500 Scottish witches
9-13-2020 | 7
Over 300 years ago, thousands of Scots were burnt at the stake because they were believed to be witches.
Prophet blames 'goblins' for spate of 10 deaths
11-15-2019 | 5
The surviving members of a family in Nyanga, Zimbabwe claim to have been tormented by malevolent spirits.
Victorian 'witch bottle' was used to ward off evil
11-1-2019 | 8
An anti-witchcraft potion dating back 150 years has been discovered in a pub in Northamptonshire, England.
Witches set to cast 'binding spell' on Trump
10-25-2019 | 25
Thousands of witchcraft practitioners are planning to cast a spell on US President Donald Trump later today.
Woman charged with pretending to be a witch
12-23-2018 | 35
A woman in Ontario was recently arrested for witchcraft two days before the archaic law was set to be scrubbed.
Expert reconstructs face of Scottish 'witch'
10-31-2017 | 18
A forensic artist has pieced together the appearance of a woman who was once imprisoned for witchcraft.
Ritual caves found on 'witchcraft' island
10-6-2015 | 12
Evidence of a 9,000-year-old Stone Age ritual site has been found on the Swedish island of Bla Jungfrun.
Real-life Hogwarts opens its doors in Poland
12-22-2014 | 16
The Czocha College of Witchcraft and Wizardry has been heavily inspired by the Harry Potter universe.
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