Lilias Adie died in the 1700s, when fear of witches ran rampant and the belief that those who had had their souls sucked by the devil (through their teat, I have been informed) would come back to exact vengeance after death was much more common. But her torment didn't end there. » 10/28/14 11:00pm 10/28/14 11:00pm

Eighteen years ago, on May 3, 1996, The Craft hit theaters. The teen witch genre never looked so fierce. » 5/02/14 3:40pm 5/02/14 3:40pm

Paris Fashion Week: The perfect time to call the corners. Gagatella! » 1/20/14 1:20pm 1/20/14 1:20pm

Police in Papua New Guinea have charged two people with the murder of Kepari Leniata, a 20-year-old woman, who, late last month was horrifically tortured by a mob and then burned alive atop a trash heap after having been accused of using sorcery against a 6-year-old boy who had recently died in the hospital. » 2/18/13 1:20pm 2/18/13 1:20pm

Nate Silver, will you please get your bestie Dumbledore on the line? Or at least send an owl to Clortho? We've got a teen witch on our hands and it's not Robyn Lively, so take that! (sorry) » 11/20/12 9:30am 11/20/12 9:30am

One of the biggest bummers of all the Republican rape talk this election cycle is that it's distracted from Republican witch talk, which is much less rage inducing and much more hilarious. At the end of a stressful day, I like to unwind by watching old Christine O'Donnell videos where she talks about Satan, and now,… » 11/05/12 3:10pm 11/05/12 3:10pm

Embarrassingly not-long ago, human beings in Europe (and even here, in Amurrica) were fond of rounding up people who they thought might be secretly magical and then setting them on fire, because that’s what God wanted them to do or something. Accusations of witchcraft ended the lives of thousands of people. Would you… » 10/31/12 5:40pm 10/31/12 5:40pm

Here's a macabre reminder of what happened to women who got out of line in medieval times. 800-year-old remains were found with seven nails driven through the jaw bone, leading archaeologists to conclude that the woman was believed to be a witch. The area in Tuscany is thought to be a witches graveyard, since another… » 9/26/11 10:30am 9/26/11 10:30am

By some measures, True Blood is the most popular show on TV. But one group isn't too happy with it: Wiccans. » 8/17/11 7:10pm 8/17/11 7:10pm

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 who "confessed to sleeping with the devil when she was tortured." It is unknown whether or not "devil" means any man… » 3/05/11 3:43pm 3/05/11 3:43pm

You will be glad to know that an Indian shaman who forced women to drink poison in a "witchcraft test" has been arrested. But in fact, the problem is on the rise. » 1/10/11 3:00pm 1/10/11 3:00pm

Something is going down in Romania, and it's not good. People who claim the profession of witch, astrologer and fortune teller will have to pay taxes for the first time, ever. Many are not happy. » 1/06/11 1:10pm 1/06/11 1:10pm

Are you desperate to achieve the perfect butt and perhaps a fan of the occult? For just $8.95, you can achieve your dreams by buying one "Booty Enhancement Spell" from a "Powerful Wiccan Witch" on eBay. Hurry, supplies are limited! » 8/16/10 3:54pm 8/16/10 3:54pm

Lately, cat ladies have been in the news, prompting legislation, a documentary, and a new inquiry from Slate's "Explainer": "What's the deal with cat ladies?" And why are they always, well, ladies? » 11/09/09 1:30pm 11/09/09 1:30pm

The Bush Administration reportedly denied J.K. Rowling a Presidential Medal of Freedom over fears that her Harry Potter series promoted witchcraft. Apparently they weren't aware that many of us, Harry Potter or no, go through our witchcraft phase anyway. » 9/26/09 2:20pm 9/26/09 2:20pm

A 17th Century "witch bottle" - a wine jug containing fingernails, pins, hair and urine - has been discovered outside London. It was not uncommon for sick people to bury these talismans to ward off illness-causing witches' spells. [Telegraph, Times] » 6/04/09 11:40am 6/04/09 11:40am