As someone who attended Salem State University and experienced downtown Salem in all its glory, I can tell when a witch-themed attraction is either a worthy presence in the community or a nonsensical ...

Learn about the history behind witches, vampires and werewolves at Hayes Museum’s Oct. 18 roundtable led by historian Mike ...

Read to learn about some of the different types of witches, like green witches, baby witches, crystal witches, and more.

This quaint Spanish village has a dark past. Home to a fascinating Witches' Museum and a cave steeped in legends, its the ...

In the spirit of Halloween, Tricia Peone will deliver a lecture on the history of witchcraft in New Hampshire.

The history of witchcraft and the centuries of persecution that it has aroused have been explored in a new book focusing on 13 of the most infamous cases from around the world. Witchcraft: A History ...

Detail of brooms for witches in halloween, detail of decoration and superstition, magic and mystery(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Sergi Nunez) Look up “witches” and ...

If you thought that accusations of witchcraft were a quaint moral panic surely left behind in the Salem witch trial era — well, think again. Some American pastors are still accusing their own ...

The persecution began in the 1500s and lasted almost two centuries. Nearly 4,000 people were accused of witchcraft, a vast majority of them women. They were arrested, brutally tortured and coerced ...

It was a mystery that left Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Pastor John Craig perplexed. The fall of 1745 was especially difficult for the young Augusta County pastor and his wife, Isabella. Just ...