The Salem witch trials are famous, but throughout history thousands were executed for the impossible crime of witchcraft. Most suspects were poor women, elderly, indigenous people or disabled ...

No portraits have survived of the woman but these actors re-enacted the events at St Canice's Cathedral Think of the witch trials and you probably conjure an image of the 16th or 17th Century in ...

An illustration of the trial of George Jacobs, who was hanged during the Salem witch trials in 1692. More than 200 people were accused during the trials, and 20 were executed, making it the ...

The traditional image of a witch, for example in fairy ... Robert Bowes was an English diplomat working in Scotland. Writing about witch trials taking place in 1597, he said that the accused ...

If you're heading to Salem, you should set aside some time for a visit to the Salem Witch Trials Memorial. Built to honor the victims who died during the 1692 witchcraft hysteria, the memorial ...

Nearly 300 people were tried for witchcraft in Essex between 1560 and 1690, with 82 executions, mainly of women.