Flying through the skies on a broomstick, the popular image of a witch is as a predominantly female figure – so much so that the costume has become the go-to Halloween outfit for women and girls alike ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a midsummer day in 1438, a young man from the north shore of Lake Geneva presented himself to the local church inquisitor. He ...

On a midsummer day in 1438, a young man from the north shore of Lake Geneva presented himself to the local church inquisitor. He had a confession to make. Five years earlier, his father had forced him ...

Compass-drawn Hexfoil or “Daisy Wheel” designs from English medieval churches (all images courtesy Matthew Champion and Ebury Press) Champion writes that “the medieval church was a far more ...

A new campaign is working to restore the reputation of witches, a group that has been persecuted throughout history, with Scotland’s first minister calling medieval witch trials an “injustice on a ...

Most people picture medieval witches as part of the “Dark Ages”… but the real truth is way more surprising. In this video, we reveal an unexpected fact about medieval witches — and what history ...

Centuries-old tales of witches are steeped in fear, mystery, and misunderstanding — but history reveals a far more complex picture. From healers misbranded as witches to eerie beliefs about mirrors as ...

While working on a graduate school paper on the mystical powers of coral, gemologist Anna Rasche ventured deep into the archives of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum’s library. Coral is the ...

A probable witches' mark found at the site of the abandoned St. Mary's church in Buckinghamshire, England HS2 LTD This week, archaeologists conducting excavations at the abandoned church of St. Mary’s ...

Travel back in time with Witch, a new medieval horror from filmmakers Craig Hinde & Marc Zammit. As the title suggests, this is a film about witchcraft. But this isn’t just about human witches with a ...