Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Broomsticks, cauldrons and pointy hats often come to mind when someone says the word "witch." Around Halloween and spooky season, ...

Mention witches and people will think about a plethora of different things. Little girls dressed up in black and carrying a tiny broom on Halloween night. Countless horror movies and TV shows full of ...

The “Season of the Witch” reflects a cultural reclamation of intuition and feminine power. Explore the real history of witch ...

The persecution began in the 1500s and lasted almost two centuries. Nearly 4,000 people were accused of witchcraft, a vast majority of them women. They were arrested, brutally tortured and coerced ...

In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts - the second in New England - to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials. Nearly four ...