Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Historian Mikki Brock joins WIRED to answer the internet's bubbling cauldron of questions about witches, witchcraft, and witch ...

The Salem, Mass., witch trials of 1692 may be more famous, but southern Connecticut had its share of similar cases. In Fairfield, Stratford and Stamford, 17th-century witch trails have been documented ...

While Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed to be a victim of political witch hunts, all concrete evidence to the contrary, his entire campaign against “the enemy within,” or “the deep state,” has been ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

It’s tempting to think of witch hunts like this as a phenomenon confined to history. Centuries have passed since Matthew ...

Historian and author Beth Caruso shares a new perspective on witch trials. The Salem Witch Trials, where 19 people were executed, is a dark chapter of history that has now become part of popular lore.