A group called Witches of Scotland, led by Queens Counsel member Claire Mitchell, ran a two-year campaign to bring the bill in front of Scottish parliament. Getty Images Witches have been free from ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland (RNS) — Just off of Royal Mile in Old Town Edinburgh, in a 17th-century stone building on Chalmers Close, is a new museum that, though dedicated to a part of history most Scots ...

There are thousands of officially registered Scottish tartan designs, but only one is dedicated to the “witches” of Scotland. Certified earlier this month, the tricolor pattern is intended as a ...

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 ...

London – A Scottish lawmaker on Thursday launched a bid to posthumously pardon thousands of people, mostly women, who were convicted of witchcraft centuries ago. Natalie Don, of the Scottish National ...

Thousands of people were executed under the Witchcraft Act in newly Protestant Scotland between 1563 and 1736. The law ...

Neighbors accused Lilias Adie of witchcraft; hers is the only witch's grave in Scotland. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An ...

Officials in Scotland want to locate the remains of a woman accused of witchcraft who died in prison 315 years ago. Lilias Adie, a woman from the village of Torryburn in Eastern Scotland, died in ...

Officials in Scotland want to locate the remains of a woman accused of witchcraft who died in prison 315 years ago. Lilias Adie, a woman from the village of Torryburn in Eastern Scotland, died in ...

A traditional British witch who regards Halloween as her Christmas has cast a very special spell on the modern world – by attracting more than 50,000 followers to her Instagram page. Practising ...