When Christianity became state-sponsored under leaders such as Constantine and Theodosius, governments systematically ...

The freshly graduated psychiatrist David shall deliver an opinion about young Maddalena, who's on trial for murdering a hunter. She claims she's a witch and acted on behalf ... in which he ...

The bill acknowledges that more than 300 years after the witch trials in the U.S., historians, and society agree the accused and convicted individuals were innocent. Community panic, overwhelming ...

Speaking during the two-day review of awaiting trial cases at the Jama’are Maximum Correctional Centre, Justice Umar emphasised that witchcraft allegations are often baseless and should not be ...

Perhaps most notably, Scotland apologized for its witchcraft trials that led to the torture and execution of thousands of women from the 16th to the 18th centuries. “Anyone who didn’t fit the ...

[T]he legislative effort to relitigate witchcraft trials from centuries ago struck many as a distraction at best and a waste of resources at worst in this legislative session consumed with ...

They studied similar memorials in other countries, including the Salem Witch Trials Memorial in Massachusetts and Steilneset Memorial in northern Norway. But they couldn’t determine where to ...

First up for trial was Alice’s maid, Petronella de Meath, who was tortured and confessed to practicing witchcraft with her mistress. Petronella was found guilty and burned at the stake.

A 350-year-old estate linked to the Salem witch trials and the Revolutionary War is on the market in Beverly. Located at 252 Essex St. in Beverly, the home was originally constructed by William ...

Hannah Renton (right) co-wrote Gossip and directed it on the Essex coast which was helped by cinematographer Rui Jiang Ong (left) A new short film aims to unearth the untold stories of midwives ...