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 ...

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 ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland (RNS) — Just off of Royal Mile in Old Town Edinburgh, in a 17th-century stone building on Chalmers Close, is a new museum that, though dedicated to a part of history most Scots ...

Salem, Mass., isn’t the only place where witches were being hunted centuries ago. Three-thousand miles away and 130 years before the hysteria in Salem, Scots were enthusiastically tracking down ...

Safe on dry land, James blamed witches. Witch trials in Scotland ran for over two years, implicating 70 people, who ranged ...

Courtesy of IFC Midnight. An IFC Midnight release. Set in the Scottish highlands — at the site where women, men and children accused of witchcraft were burned at the stake 300 years ago — director ...

Two Scottish authors and podcasters will be at Citizens Library in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 22, to talk about 16th century witch trials. Zoe Venditozzi and Clair Mitchell, the hosts of the ...

Tartan is more than patterned cloth in Scotland. Specific tartans were linked to clans and regions, and the designs carry ...

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 ...

Dundee, Scotland - How Witches Get Their Broomsticks: The Gathering by John McIntyre is an enchanting new children's fantasy that proves magic is best served with laughter, friendship, and a touch of ...