This episode moves from what is possibly Bedfordshire's earliest record of witchcraft, to the witch trials of the 17th ...

If amateur investigation into my lineage is to be believed, Rebecca Nurse is my ninth great-grandmother, Lynne Weiler writes.

The pivotal accuser at the trials, Tituba, would go down in history ... all the more easily transmitted with the click of a mouse. A 17th-century New Englander had reason for anxiety on many ...

During the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts ... four-legged creatures get tangled up in the mess? In 17th-century Salem, dogs were a part of daily life. People kept dogs for protection ...

The explosion of witch trials during the 17th century in Europe is explored using vivid illustrations of trials and executions. Professor Malcolm Gaskill investigate how the European pre-modern ...

A new exhibition on the Salem witch trials explores how the meaning of ... two ancestors directly involved in the witch hunts of 17th-century America—Samuel Sewall, the judge, and Mary Bliss ...

A visitor trail about witch trials in the 16th and 17th centuries is being brought to life by augmented reality. The Tendring Witch Heritage Trail is set in Harwich, Manningtree, St Osyth and ...

In history, witch trials almost exclusively targeted women, where only 10-30% of the accused were men. Additionally, as far back as the 17th century, women who had jobs were much more likely to be ...

In 16th and 17th century Scotland, roughly 4,000 people were accused of witchcraft. The rate of executions were five times the European average, and of the accused, 85% were women. The BBC's ...

The cable network and its sibling streamer AMC+ have picked up a third season of Mayfair Witches, which is part of its Anne ...