You probably remember backyard games, doodling symbols in the dirt, or trying to “read” someone’s future by staring at their ...

Broomsticks, cauldrons and pointy hats often come to mind when someone says the word "witch." Around Halloween and spooky season, famous characters and specific imagery surfaces when witches are ...

During the 17th-century Finnmark witch trials, 91 people were executed in Norway's northernmost region, mainly by burning at the stake ...

If you thought that accusations of witchcraft were a quaint moral panic surely left behind in the Salem witch trial era — well, think again. Some American pastors are still accusing their own ...

In 1617, a winter storm in Norway sparked the Finnmark witch trials, leading to the burning of 91 people at the stake. It was ...

While the hysteria in Salem, Mass., regarding witches was full-blown, New York became a sanctuary for accused witches to flee to from other states if they could. What helped New York avoid the witch ...

Waltraud Maierhofer, holding dual appointments in German and Global Health Studies, teaches a UI course titled, “Witch Hunts in Fact and Fiction.” And, in doing so, hopes to impart an understanding ...

The witch is a deeply important and appealing figure, and her story is more relevant than ever. Witches weren’t evil, and they certainly didn’t wear pointy black hats. Instead, society has long used ...