who have now authored a book How to Kill a Witch: A Guide for the Patriarchy, an account of the Scottish witch trials – out this week in the UK, and in the autumn in the US. The book outlines ...

DANVERS — After years of neglect to one of the most important sites of the Salem Witch Trials that still stands today, a judge has appointed a receiver to renovate Ingersoll’s Tavern on Hobart ...

Public humiliation, forced submersion, and no way out. The ducking stool was more than punishment—it was control through fear. Doctors reveal the dying words people often utter in final moments ...

The witch trials are a dark topic, but Mitchell and Venditozzi imbue the book with humour at times too. It’s stuffed with informative details, such as how long it takes to burn a body ...

Thousands of pounds of paper recycled on Pittsfield’s Community Shred Day “Witch Panic! Massachusetts Before Salem” opens May 17 at the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History ...

And not ALL supposedly haunted places give communications - such as the site of the Pendle Hill witch trials, where they said the board didn't move at all. Kymmi said: "We're trying to extract ...

There’s still some debate about exactly when the tradition began but scholars agree that it derives from Sweden’s spate of witch trials that spanned from 1668 to 1678—as well as a robust ...