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

Lipstick has been linked with royalty and the devil. It's been called a sign of female emancipation and female oppression.

Meg was accused of using witchcraft to ruin crops, sour milk and shape-shift into animals during her life in the 17th Century ...

The village draws tourists far and wide by virtue of its storied affiliation with witches, most notably Meg Shelton. Known as ...

This myth was promoted by the Egyptologist Margaret Murray in the early 20th century and was then debunked by the historian C. L'Estrange Ewen almost as soon as it appeared. It was founded on a ...

The history of Halloween goes back at least 2,000 years, to the Celtic pagan festival of Samhain (pronounced “sow-un”).

The tourist attraction is exploring the darkest parts of history this spooky season with three spine-tingling events for ...

Reproductive Rites’ unearths the untold story of abortion witch hunts, from the days of Socrates through the Salem Witch ...

Lai, S.Y. (2024) A Brief Discussion on Confucius’ Inheritance and Development of Zhou Rites in The Analects of Confucius. Open Access Library Journal, 11, 1-8. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1112249 .

IN this penultimate part of my series on the ancient history of the Scottish Borders, I will deal with momentous events, none more tragic than ...

IN this penultimate part of my series on the ancient history of the Scottish Borders, I will deal with momentous events, none ...

Condemned in tens of thousands for witchcraft, for cursing crops, or for dancing with the devil. Starting from the late ...