That text was spread throughout the Western world thanks to the newly invented printing press.

New research shows that the printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg, helped spread conspiracies that fueled the Salem ...

In her Newberry Library course, Kay Daly examines the depiction of witches onstage, from the 17th century to the present.

I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what ...

How one of humanity’s most important inventions fuelled deadly witch hunts in Europe - Early books and influence of nearby ...

A NEW book about the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 makes ­compelling reading. Six terrorists stormed the building in central ...

Each week we pause to ponder the truths available to us from the pages of history. We browse through the annals of the ...

As we head deep into spooky season, one writer reflects on the radical Halloween histories of marginalised genders and queer ...

If you've ever looked at a full moon and wondered if werewolves are real, you aren't alone. For centuries, the idea of a half ...

“Your average witch is just somebody who lives next to you and has this spiritual practice you don’t know about,” Deborah ...

In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made Columbus Day a federal holiday at the urging of prominent Italian American ...

Halloween has evolved into a cultural phenomenon, driven by Millennials and Gen X, with a significant impact on tourism and ...