Grim. Anna was decapitated in Switzerland in 1782. She was the last person in Europe to be executed for the crime of witchcraft. Like many other confessions of witchcraft, hers was extracted by ...

EXCLUSIVE: Nestled among the spruces in the mountainous countryside of Austria lies a fairytale-looking medieval castle with ...

Grim. Anna was decapitated in Switzerland in 1782. She was the last person in Europe to be executed for the crime of witchcraft. Like many other confessions of witchcraft, hers was extracted by ...

Why did Europe suddenly erupt in a fury of witch trials in the sixteenth century? Why did these trials just as suddenly die out in the eighteenth? What was the role of religion in the pursuit of ...

The witch hunts in Central Europe took off in the late 15th century and lasted for almost 300 years, resulting in the prosecution of roughly 90,000 people, with nearly 45,000 executions. Belief in ...

Hundreds of witches gathered in Londonderry to celebrate 400 years of the city's walls and launch Europe's biggest Halloween party. Wizards, warlocks, zombies and even a pied piper joined the ...

This seminar studies the representation of witches from the late 1400s to the mid-1600s, exploring the violent history of European witch hunts and the use of women’s bodies as a tool for political ...

Grape Witches, Toronto’s women-led natural wine collective, has just opened its second location inside the recently revitalized Waterworks building. The European-style bottle shop and wine bar ...

The theatrical sensation of The Witch of Konotop, a darkly comedic Ukrainian play blending folklore and modern themes, ...