A new museum dedicated to the Scottish witch trials has opened in Fife. Thousands of people, mostly women, were tried and ...

(Burchard of Worms, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) One change that led to witch trials across Europe was a change in how the Catholic Church viewed witchcraft. In the 10th century ...

Professor Liv Helene Willumsen, of Norway's University of Tromsø, another expert in Scottish witches, says: "Women in Scotland are targeted during the witchcraft trials in Scotland. The ...

The trials of the 31 accused ... used to convict the 'witches' but we know one method used at the time by Scottish witch finders was 'pricking'. The witch finder would jab a long needle known ...

Those executed after the infamous Salem witch trials in the USA were declared innocent under Massachusetts state law in 2001." A spokesman for the Scottish government said it acknowledged that ...

So The Scottish Sun has compiled a list of adorable names that ... But it also has an incredibly dark history - the city's ...

Plans to hold trials for serious sexual offences without a jury in Scottish courts are facing ... Thomas Ross KC has warned of a possible "witch hunt" against judges if they do not convict more ...

Mackenzie had been involved in many trials during the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661-2. Over a 16 month period during 1661 to 1662, Scotland carried out one of the largest witch hunts ever seen ...

Located in Leven’s Mitchell Street, the Scottish Witch Trial Museum tells the stories of both the accused and the accusers. Leonard said: “I have over 20 years amassed a curator’s dream of ...