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 ...

In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts - the second in New England - to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials. Nearly four ...

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With distant family members looking on, Connecticut senators voted Thursday to absolve the 12 women and men convicted of witchcraft -- 11 of whom were executed — more than 370 years ago and apologize ...