Who’s Burning Now is being worked up by Fremantle-backed German prodco UFA Fiction after the folklore tale was part of the ...

During the 17th-century Finnmark witch trials, 91 people were executed in Norway's northernmost region, mainly by burning at the stake ...

What holds individuals and nations back is not always what we loudly blame. More often, it is what we quietly refuse to confront. In deeply religious societies, uncomfortable truths are often masked ...

In parts of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, it is not uncommon to hear of individuals who run naked at night. They cause trouble ...

Two weeks ago in the run-up to Halloween, I visited Salem, Massachusetts, for the first time since the pandemic began. In renewing my annual Halloween pilgrimage, I was bowled over by what I found in ...

Drop the broomstick. Today’s witches are no cliché. Looking at new and forthcoming titles, witches present and past are seen as powerful spiritual forces and creative influencers. Scholars are ...

A bill introduced in the state House by Maryland lawmakers could exonerate individuals accused or convicted of witchcraft before the American Revolution. According to the proposed bill, at least seven ...

Fans of novelist Grady Hendrix know him for the campy (in the best way), even whimsical vibes he brings to the horror genre. In books like "Horrorstör," my personal favorite of his works, you get ...

A horrific incident has emerged from Assam, where a couple was killed after being burnt alive by a group of villagers on the ...

Paul McCartney is setting the record straight on the rumors surrounding his hit Christmas song. The former Beatle addressed ...

A minor grandson has been detained on charges of murdering his elderly grandmother on suspicion of practising witchcraft, ...