Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a midsummer day in 1438, a young man from the north shore of Lake Geneva presented himself to the local church inquisitor. He ...

On a midsummer day in 1438, a young man from the north shore of Lake Geneva presented himself to the local church inquisitor. He had a confession to make. Five years earlier, his father had forced him ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the earliest depictions of flying witches is in a 15th-century text entitled "Le champion des dames," or "The Defender of ...

The Middle Ages and early modern period were not a good time for anyone, particularly women who deviated from a very limited set of expectations. Between superstition, religious hysteria, and social ...

Travel back in time with Witch, a new medieval horror from filmmakers Craig Hinde & Marc Zammit. As the title suggests, this is a film about witchcraft. But this isn’t just about human witches with a ...

While working on a graduate school paper on the mystical powers of coral, gemologist Anna Rasche ventured deep into the archives of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum’s library. Coral is the ...

A small building in England that was once a medieval prison for people accused of witchcraft is now a cozy home in need of an owner. But prospective buyers should be forewarned: The sordid history of ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The image of a witch flying on a broomstick is iconic, but it is not nearly as old as the idea of witchcraft itself, which dates to the earliest days of humankind. Several ...