In her book A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials, Laurie Winn Carlson draws on these events at length in the first few chapters; they make fascinating reading.

Cinematic recreations and expert interviews reveal the truth behind six terrifying true stories of witch trials in Germany, Scotland, England, America, Sweden and Ireland.

She grew up in Oldham, 25 miles away from Pendle, which was home to some of the most infamous and notorious witch trials in England. Throughout the mediaeval era, tens of thousands of people ...

"Maryland would be following in the footsteps of our New England states where some of the most infamous witch trials occurred," said Maryland Delegate Heather Bagnell, from Anne Arundel County.

The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish Witchcraft Act Sarah Kuta On this day in 1690, "Publick Occurrences ...

Suranne Jones thinks it's about time the term "witch trials" got a "rebrand ... A witchcraft-obsessed, paranoid James I had become king of England and helping to hunt down witches became a ...