To the lore-uninitiated, the fact that witches exist in the Star Wars universe might come as a shock, but they actually have a long history on screen in the franchise. “The Acolyte” Episode 3 dives ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Broomsticks, cauldrons and pointy hats often come to mind when someone says the word "witch." Around Halloween and spooky season, ...

The persecution began in the 1500s and lasted almost two centuries. Nearly 4,000 people were accused of witchcraft, a vast majority of them women. They were arrested, brutally tortured and coerced ...

Aerial view of Vardo, Norway, the fishing town at the center of the 17th-century Finnmark witch trials Timo Noko via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 On Christmas Eve in 1617, sailors in Finnmark, ...

Detail of brooms for witches in halloween, detail of decoration and superstition, magic and mystery(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Sergi Nunez) Look up “witches” and ...

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Glebe House Museum is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a show that explores some allegedly supernatural elements of Connecticut history. The museum is presenting "Ground Zero: Witchcraft in ...

European activists are seeking to right a wrong so ingrained in our history that it has become a part of pop culture and political discourse: witch hunts. Campaigns are growing across the continent to ...