Nearly a dozen people are on trial in Scotland for allegedly sexually abusing children and even reportedly involving the kids in "witchcraft." Seven men and four women are facing a combined 32 charges ...
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 ...
In 1944, Scottish medium Helen Duncan was tried under the Witchcraft Act 1735 — but what she faced was far from a ...
A memorial to commemorate the victims of the Scottish Witch Trials could be raised in West Dunbartonshire to honour the people persecuted of witchcraft in the 17th century. During the next full ...
When Scotland became one of the first countries to formally apologize to the nearly 4,000 people accused of witchcraft during witch trials that took place more than 500 years ago, it sparked a ...
Courtesy of IFC Midnight. An IFC Midnight release. Set in the Scottish highlands — at the site where women, men and children accused of witchcraft were burned at the stake 300 years ago — director ...
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 ...
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 ...
West Dunbartonshire could see a memorial erected to honour the victims of the Scottish Witch Trials, commemorating those persecuted for witchcraft during the 17th century. Councillor Chris Pollok is ...
Thousands of people were convicted of practicing witchcraft in Scotland in a hunt that spanned nearly two centuries — and the majority of those sentenced to death and executed were women. Many were ...
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 the 1590s, King James VI of Scotland's fear of witchcraft began stirring up national panics, resulting in the torture and death of thousands. Toil and TroubleAn engraving reproduces Henry Fuseli’s ...
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