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This 200-year-old 'witches bottle' contains something surprising
1-23-2025 |
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The bottle was analyzed at a British university after being discovered during excavations at a building site.
How dogs were sometimes implicated during the Salem witch trials
1-5-2025 | 3
During the trials, dogs were sometimes associated with the devil or were said to serve as 'familiars'.
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.
Where did the idea that witches fly on broomsticks originate ?
3-11-2024 | 6
Historian Michael D. Bailey explores witchcraft down the ages and why people believed that witches could fly.
Trail camera films 'two scantily-clad witches eating a deer carcass'
6-7-2023 | 1
A 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
5-27-2023 | 19
Lawmakers 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
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.
'Water witches' pit science against folklore
7-29-2021 | 132
Can 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
10-23-2020 | 6
Archaeologists have discovered 12th-Century stone markings that were created to ward off evil spirits.
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.
Moon 'witch hex' claim circulates TikTok
7-23-2020 | 13
The 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
10-25-2019 | 26
Thousands of witchcraft practitioners are planning to cast a spell on US President Donald Trump later today.
Former witches' prison goes up for sale
VIDEO 6-2-2019 | 8
A former prison regarded to be one of Britain's most haunted buildings has a long and disturbing history.
Curiosity rover switches to backup 'brain'
10-5-2018 | 4
NASA engineers have switched over to the rover's secondary computer to help resolve a technical fault.
Shoes were hidden in walls to ward off witches
12-10-2017 | 15
A growing number of old shoes have been discovered concealed inside the walls of British homes.
Dowsers in demand in drought-hit California
7-26-2015 | 25
Farmers have been turning to 'water witches' to help them find water during the state's driest periods.
Broomstick-flying witches face arrest
5-15-2013 | 99
Aviation authorities in Swaziland have aimed tough penalties at witches caught flying over 150m.
Alma telescope array switches on
3-14-2013 | 14
Astronomers and scientists have celebrated the completion of the Alma telescope array in Chile.
Witches face jail for inaccurate predictions
2-11-2011 | 27
Witches in Romania could face jail time if their fortune telling predictions turn out to be incorrect.
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