Authors Claire Madison and Zoe Venditozzi, known for their podcast The Witches of Scotland, look at the history of the Scottish witch trials, and why hysteria seemed to take grip of Scotland.

A visitor trail about witch trials in the 16th and 17th centuries is being brought to life by augmented reality. The Tendring Witch Heritage Trail is set in Harwich, Manningtree, St Osyth and ...

“To be honest, the one thought that really went through my mind sitting in the court room was witch trials … trying to make her advocacy fit into some kind of vilification,” Ms Bastiaan said.

The pivotal accuser at the trials, Tituba, would go down in history ... More than anyone else, she propelled America’s infamous witch hunt forward, supplying its imagery and determining its ...