Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seventy-eight percent of the people executed for witchcraft in New England in the late 17th and early 18th centuries were women.

(CNN) — Up to 60,000 so-called “witches” are thought to have been executed across Europe during the 1600s and 1700s, with tens of thousands more put on trial. But new research suggests that one ...

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Once upon a time, being labelled a witch in Salem might have guaranteed a one-way ticket to the gallows. This was, after all, ...

Witchcraft Accusations That Changed History When most people think of witchcraft accusations, they picture Salem, black cats, ...