Ireland’s 7 nastiest witch trials in history

ANN MASSEY O’REGAN takes a look at the seven most famous Irish witch trials

Film Reviews

Black Death (2010) REVIEW

SIMON BALL reviews this dark bubonic tale about the tensions and hysteria caused by mass death

This Isle is Full of Monsters: Jon Kaneko-James author interview

The Truth behind the Witches’ Sabbat VIDEO

Janet Horne, The Burning of the Last Witch in Scotland

20 shocking things you never knew about Witchfinder General (1968) starring Vincent Price

Witchcraft 60

Strange History

Ireland’s 7 nastiest witch trials in history

ANN MASSEY O’REGAN takes a look at the seven most famous Irish witch trials

Film Reviews

Black Death (2010) REVIEW

SIMON BALL reviews this dark bubonic tale about the tensions and hysteria caused by mass death

Paranormal, Strange History

This Isle is Full of Monsters: Jon Kaneko-James author interview

Jon Kaneko-James talks about his new book, The Isle is Full of Monsters, and how we need to relook how people thought about the supernatural in Shakespeare's times…

Strange History

Were Witches in Ye Old England considered Pagan? VIDEO

Writer-historian JON KANEKO-JAMES compares today's witches with their ancestors and asks whether they practice the same pagan religion?

Strange History

The Truth behind the Witches’ Sabbat VIDEO

JON KANEKO-JAMES discusses the truth behind the infamous Witches' Sabbat in this Spooky Isles' video

Strange History

Janet Horne, The Burning of the Last Witch in Scotland

Janet Horne was the last witch to be executed in Scotland, KATHLEEN BRUNO looks into the facts of the case

Films

20 shocking things you never knew about Witchfinder General (1968) starring Vincent Price

Here are PETER FULLER's 20 things you need to know about Witchfinder General aka The Conqueror Worm, starring Vincent Price...

Folklore

13 things you (probably) didn't know about Black Cats and Superstition

ANN MASSEY O'REGAN reveals some strange and wonderful superstitions surrounding black cats through the centuries...

Strange History

Discover the gender-swapping skeleton of St Osyth, Essex

Guest writer MO KEOHAN reveals how science revealed the real identity of an 'Essex witch' skeleton in St Oysth

Strange History

Was mummied cat buried in secret Pendle Hill witches’ cottage?

BARRY McCann looks at 'Lancashire's Tutankhamen's Tomb' - a supposed witches' cottage near Pendle Hill that had been buried for unknown reasons...

Strange History

Whatever happened to Pendle Witch child Jennet Device?

BARRY McCANN investigates what became of the Pendle Witch child, Jennet Device, following her explosive testimony...

Strange History

The Bloody History of British Witches

Guest writer NIXIE VALE takes a look at the history of witchcraft through the ages...

Jennet Device, the child witch who killed the Pendle Witches

JON KANEKO-JAMES tell us the Pendle Witch executions were the result of the testimony of a little girl

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Strange History

Whatever happened to Pendle Witch child Jennet Device?

BARRY McCANN investigates what became of the Pendle Witch child, Jennet Device, following her explosive testimony...

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Paranormal

Mysterious Bidston Hill, beautiful but sinister

Birkenhead's Bidston Hill has had everything from ghosts, satanists and UFOs haunt its beautiful surrounds, says guest writer LAUREN JONES

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Paranormal, Strange History

What evil lurks inside the haunted St Osyth Witches Cage in Essex?

JON KANEKO-JAMES talks to John Fraser about his report into Essex's St Osyth Witches Cage

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Strange History

Elizabeth Sawyer, The Witch of Edmonton

JASON HOLLIS asks was Mother Sawyer a wicked woman or was she just angry because people kept calling her a witch?

Ireland’s 7 nastiest witch trials in history

Black Death (2010) REVIEW

This Isle is Full of Monsters: Jon Kaneko-James author interview

The Truth behind the Witches’ Sabbat VIDEO

Janet Horne, The Burning of the Last Witch in Scotland

20 shocking things you never knew about Witchfinder General (1968) starring Vincent Price

Witchcraft 60

Ireland’s 7 nastiest witch trials in history

Black Death (2010) REVIEW

This Isle is Full of Monsters: Jon Kaneko-James author interview

Were Witches in Ye Old England considered Pagan? VIDEO

The Truth behind the Witches’ Sabbat VIDEO

Janet Horne, The Burning of the Last Witch in Scotland

20 shocking things you never knew about Witchfinder General (1968) starring Vincent Price

13 things you (probably) didn't know about Black Cats and Superstition

Discover the gender-swapping skeleton of St Osyth, Essex

Was mummied cat buried in secret Pendle Hill witches’ cottage?

Whatever happened to Pendle Witch child Jennet Device?

The Bloody History of British Witches

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Whatever happened to Pendle Witch child Jennet Device?

Mysterious Bidston Hill, beautiful but sinister

What evil lurks inside the haunted St Osyth Witches Cage in Essex?

Elizabeth Sawyer, The Witch of Edmonton

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