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The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between early 1692 and mid-1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the devil’s magic—and 20 were executed. In 1711, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In James Robinson’s Scarlet Witch series, the newly returned Wanda learns that witchcraft itself is broken. Magic is no longer ...

Few Americans today are familiar with a woman named Alice Young, who was born in 1615, but she is an important part of the history of early America. In 1647, Young was the first person believed to be ...

At the intersection of spooky season and global feminism, we have witches. The term "witch" is a handy one, historically applied by the patriarchy to justify the punishment of basically any woman who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To the lore-uninitiated, the fact that witches exist in the Star Wars universe might come as a shock, but they actually have a ...

Four different witches occupy the world of The Wizard of Oz, the film that ultimately inspired Wicked. The new movie in the franchise tells the story of the Wicked Witch of the West before she earned ...

2016's Scarlet Witch #3, the first appearance of the Witches' Road. Marvel Comics In James Robinson’s Scarlet Witch series, the newly returned Wanda learns that witchcraft itself is broken. Magic is ...