Scotland is preparing to posthumously pardon thousands of people who were charged and executed for witchcraft between the 16th and 18th centuries. Between the 16th and 18th century 3,873 people were ...

More than two dozen people in the town were accused and tortured in the belief that they were doing Satan's bidding.

There are thousands of officially registered Scottish tartan designs, but only one is dedicated to the “witches” of Scotland. Certified earlier this month, the tricolor pattern is intended as a ...

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 ...

Nearly a dozen people are on trial in Scotland for allegedly sexually abusing children and even reportedly involving the kids in "witchcraft." Seven men and four women are facing a combined 32 charges ...

Thousands of accused witches could be posthumously pardoned in Scotland. A parliamentary measure was introduced 300 years after the country’s witchcraft laws were repealed. The measure follows a ...

Scotland was afraid, very afraid as the hunt for ‘witches’ swept the country.