BREWING UP A GOOD STORY: 17th Century Colonial Dames Hear Program on Colonial Witchcraft by Kathy S. Mills. (Submitted Photo) THOMASVILLE- The John Lee of Nansemond Chapter, Colonial Dames Seventeenth ...
According to the Smithsonian, the Newberry Library in Chicago is crowdsourcing translations for three 1 century manuscripts dealing with charms, spirits and other manners of magical practice. Titled ...
A team of dedicated researchers at the University of Manchester spent two weeks photographing a recovered notebook documenting a 1645 trial for witchcraft, so that the world may know of the evil witch ...
Connecticut has plenty of trunk or treats, club crawls, dance parties and other familiar Halloween activities. But the state also has a history of witches, haunted houses and other creepy activities ...
In spring 1692, a handful of women in the New England town of Salem Village had been arrested on “suspicion of acts of witchcraft” when authorities issued a warrant for Dorothy Good, age 4. Dorothy’s ...
Alive with historical detail, this novel about a witch-hunt in 17th-century Denmark creates a subversive tapestry stitched together with poetry, beauty and violence ...
A council has called for a general pardon of people executed after historical witch trials, including seven women who were hanged in Kent in 1652. Five women from Cranbrook and one woman from Lenham ...
ANNAPOLIS, MD — Maryland lawmakers face a long list of pressing issues this term, including a $3 billion budget shortfall, youth crime, and rising costs across the state. But one bill on the table ...
The Wax Child puts the reader in 17th century Denmark, where women who stood apart from society were subjected to witch ...