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.

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 ...

Axia's Giuseppe Chiafele is back on Kickstarter with a brand new project looking to bring some fantastic new miniatures to ...

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

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

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

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

Early modern Europe was no place for witches. Over the course of about 300 years up until the end of the 18th century, some ...

A new study reveals that the invention of the printing press in 1440 fueled the world's deadliest witch hunt, leading to ...

The sudden emergence of witch trials in early modern Europe may have been fueled by one of humanity's most significant ...

During the second, the exhibit “Witches: Evolving Perceptions,” guests learn about the European witch trials and the background of the Salem witch trials, as well as the meaning behind the ...