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Calls mount for UK to pardon women who were hanged for 'bewitchment'
Oct 14, 2025Centuries ago, the crime of being a practicing witch - based on the flimsiest of evidence - was punishable by death.
This 200-year-old 'witches bottle' contains something surprising
Jan 23, 2025The bottle was analyzed at a British university after being discovered during excavations at a building site.
Witches are reportedly trying to use 'spells' to influence the US election
Oct 29, 2024Some 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
Oct 19, 2024For a period of over 300 years, people accused of being witches were hunted down and persecuted.
Trail camera films 'two scantily-clad witches eating a deer carcass'
Jun 7, 2023A woman who had set up a trail camera to film the local wildlife instead captured footage of something very strange indeed.
Connecticut witches have been exonerated over 370 years later
May 27, 2023Lawmakers in the state have voted to exonerate a dozen individuals who were convicted of witchcraft hundreds of years ago.
40% of the world's population believes in witches, study claims
Nov 24, 2022Belief in witches and witchcraft is so widespread that in some countries as many as 9 in 10 people believe in them.
'Water witches' pit science against folklore
Jul 29, 2021Can dowsers really find water sources using nothing but a wooden stick or is dowsing a centuries-long con ?
'Witches' marks' found in old church ruins
Oct 23, 2020Archaeologists have discovered 12th-Century stone markings that were created to ward off evil spirits.
Lawyer seeks to pardon 2,500 Scottish witches
Sep 13, 2020Over 300 years ago, thousands of Scots were burnt at the stake because they were believed to be witches.
Moon 'witch hex' claim circulates TikTok
Jul 23, 2020The video sharing platform has recently been buzzing with the claim that the Moon has been hexed by witches.
Witches set to cast 'binding spell' on Trump
Oct 25, 2019Thousands of witchcraft practitioners are planning to cast a spell on US President Donald Trump later today.
Former witches' prison goes up for sale
VIDEO Jun 2, 2019A former prison regarded to be one of Britain's most haunted buildings has a long and disturbing history.
Woman charged with pretending to be a witch
Dec 23, 2018A woman in Ontario was recently arrested for witchcraft two days before the archaic law was set to be scrubbed.
Shoes were hidden in walls to ward off witches
Dec 10, 2017A growing number of old shoes have been discovered concealed inside the walls of British homes.
Dowsers in demand in drought-hit California
Jul 26, 2015Farmers have been turning to 'water witches' to help them find water during the state's driest periods.
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