Six hundred years ago a grisly witch hunt in the Simmental, a valley in canton Bern, was described in a book. This went on to ...

On Palm Sunday, suicide bombers detonated themselves at two Coptic Christian churches in Egypt, killing 44 and wounding 126. Undoubtedly, the volunteer “martyrs” thought they were on a mission so ...

The Ducking stool was a 16th and 17th Century form of punishment derived from the earlier Cucking stool. The Ducking stool ...

In the years before King James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne too, he oversaw a rather brutal witch trial that would go down in history as one of Europe's bloodiest. Visitors to North ...

On this day in 1690, "Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick" attracted colonial officials' ire by repeating a scandalous rumor and condemning a British alliance with the Mohawk Meilan ...

The six women and three men found themselves on trial for their lives - four of them would be found guilty and hanged. The Civil Wars saw a "resurgence in witchcraft accusations" when "people were ...

The 300-year-old book of witch trials held in Bury St Edmunds will go on display later this month A 300-year-old rare book that details events said to have inspired the infamous Salem Witch Trials ...

In a captivating unveiling, Moyse's Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, is set to showcase a remarkable 300-year-old book shedding light on the chilling events believed to have sparked the ...

By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen has reported on U.S.A.I.D.-funded clinical trials in more than a dozen countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Feb. 6, 2025 Asanda Zondi received a ...

Tyler Colp is a games writer at Polygon specializing in criticism and reporting about extraordinary players and communities. “She is DEFINITELY not as bad as people say,” Byou, one of the ...