In the 21st century, you’re far more likely to encounter a TV witch who’s smart and stylish, and whose beauty is part of her ...

Witch trials relied on a medieval text called the “Malleus Maleficarum” – a book this reference librarian can hold in her ...

The belief in witches is an almost universal feature of human societies. What does it reveal about our deepest fears?

A TINY witch village in northern Spain has been cursed with a spell so strong that only the Pope can lift it.  Trasmoz, a ...

This myth was promoted by the Egyptologist Margaret Murray in the early 20th century and was then debunked by the historian C. L'Estrange Ewen almost as soon as it appeared. It was founded on a ...

The ballad, then, underscores the sensational, multimedia nature of the Logroño auto de fe, which laid bare a nightmarish ...

Capitalizing on promises of power and control, witchcraft and occultist practices have become America’s latest wellness ...

The Advocacy for Alleged Witches supports the campaign to pardon alleged witches, prosecuted, imprisoned, or executed in ...

This Halloween, there are likely to be fewer pint-sized witches going door to door in search of candy. Concerns over the ...

When we consider the concept of witches in movies, we tend to first fall back on the old bits of iconography. Pointed hats and warty chins. Malicious old crones, twisted and deformed by a lifetime ...

From "Practical Magic" to "The Craft," we take a look at how witchy ensembles keep magic alive across generations.