Witchcraft

Witches

Witchcraft is the practice of magic, sometimes black magic, with the use of spells. Through British and Irish history, people believed to use witchcraft have been subjected to violence, imprisonment and execution. In modern and more enlightened times, many have embraced the spiritual aspects of witchcraft.

Witchcraft articles on Spooky Isles

The Inverkip Witch Trials

The Inverkip Witch Trials

1 February 2020

Witch of Saratoga, Northampton’s Forgotten Magickal Emigrant
Who were the Witches of Belvoir?
Black Death 2010 REVIEW

Black Death 2010 REVIEW

2 October 2018

This Isle Is Full of Monsters: Jon Kaneko-James AUTHOR INTERVIEW
Janet Horne, The Burning of the Last Witch in Scotland
Black Cats and Superstition: 13 Things You Didn’t Know About
Discover the gender-swapping skeleton of St Osyth, Essex
Was A Mummied Cat Buried In Secret Pendle Hill Witches’ Cottage?
Jennet Device: Whatever Happened To The Pendle Witch Child?
The Bloody History of British Witches
Pendle Witches Guide: Where In The Hill To Find Them
Against the Crowd: Murrain 1975 REVIEW
What evil lurks inside the haunted St Osyth Witches Cage in Essex?
Discover Meg Shelton, the Witch of Woodplumpton’s spooky grave
Return to the “Witches” of Islandmagee, County Antrim
Curse of the Brampton Witch’s Tea Set
The Dark Side of Magic: Witches and the Sidhe
Who Was The Real Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins?
Jennet Device, The Child Witch Who Killed The Pendle Witches
How the Samlesbury Witches escaped the hangman’s noose
Elizabeth Sawyer, The Witch of Edmonton
Elizabeth Stile, The Witch Of Windsor Who Loved Being Bad!
Islandmagee, Witchtrials, Devil Worship and Ghost Hunting