To the lore-uninitiated, the fact that witches exist in the Star Wars universe might come as a shock, but they actually have a long history on screen in the franchise. “The Acolyte” Episode 3 dives ...

You probably remember backyard games, doodling symbols in the dirt, or trying to “read” someone’s future by staring at their ...

Detail of brooms for witches in halloween, detail of decoration and superstition, magic and mystery(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Sergi Nunez) Look up “witches” and ...

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 1617, a winter storm in Norway sparked the Finnmark witch trials, leading to the burning of 91 people at the stake. It was the deadliest witchcraft trials in Norwegian history. On Christmas Eve in ...

In James Robinson’s Scarlet Witch series, the newly returned Wanda learns that witchcraft itself is broken. Magic is no longer working correctly for the witch community around the globe. To get to the ...

Today, we regard witches as fictional characters but here are the stories of six women who had a real magic moment. Born in 1570, Katharina Henot was the first female postmaster in Germany, a position ...

Aerial view of Vardo, Norway, the fishing town at the center of the 17th-century Finnmark witch trials Timo Noko via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 On Christmas Eve in 1617, sailors in Finnmark, ...

While the hysteria in Salem, Mass., regarding witches was full-blown, New York became a sanctuary for accused witches to flee to from other states if they could. What helped New York avoid the witch ...

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 ...