Eight-year-old Victoria Climbié died in February 2000, after months of being starved, beaten, burnt and tied up by her great-aunt and guardian, who thought the little girl was possessed by evil ...

Possession, gender, and power -- Discerning demonic and witchcraft-possession in early modern England -- Engendering English witchcraft-possession: the Samuel Family in Warboys -- Disputing possession ...

Up to 60,000 so-called “witches” are thought to have been executed across Europe during the 1600s and 1700s, with tens of thousands more put on trial. But new research suggests that one English woman ...

Back in 1612, a total of twelve women who lived in the area around Pendle Hill in Lancashire, England, were found guilty of witchcraft and sentenced to death. Director Richard John Taylor based his ...

While the women accused in the infamous Salem witch trials in colonial America have long since been pardoned, the convictions of hundreds of British women executed under similar laws officially still ...

Safe on dry land, James blamed witches. Witch trials in Scotland ran for over two years, implicating 70 people, who ranged ...