Scotland's season of the witch

Essex: A county bounded by water, flat, marshy and called by some the “graveyard of witches”. Between 1500 and 1800 over 1,000 men, women and children were executed for the crime of witchcraft in the

Rylan Clark is turning his lifelong passion for history into a deep dive into witchcraft as he fronts The Witches Of Essex. It’s a subject that’s fascinated him since childhood. “It started at primary

On the morning of 4 August 1577, the good Christian folk of Bungay assembled in St Mary’s Church for their regular Sunday service. But more sinister forces were also gathering in the Suffolk town. Dar

Crime has always been popular with family historians. We all love a rogue (up to a point, anyway), and finding out you’re related to one can lead to some interesting avenues of research. The more seri

TikTok’s ‘WitchTok’ community is growing – but is it a fad? We speak to two witches about what modern witchcraft means to them and how they’ll be celebrating this Halloween...

Just where did all the weird ghosts go is a question that has been posed in Fortean Times. One answer might be Wales. Ghost hunter John Harries declared, “In order to meet a Welsh ghost one really nee