The Malleus Maleficarum, aka Hammer of Witches, was the de facto standard playbook for witchcraft trials in the 17th century. Here is how to officially charge, try – and convict – a witch.

Malleus Maleficarum 1519 Hammer of Witches

The Latin Malleus Maleficarum, aka Hammer of Witches, was written in 1486 as a treatise on witchcraft. It describes how a community can determine if a person is a witch using basic questions (and torture) to obtain confessions.

The news that New England Patriot’s star quarterback Tom Brady’s wife, Gisele Bundchen, is a practicing witch broke a few days ago. At first it was not given much coverage because the comments were made during an obscure Gillette event promoting the razor company’s shaving cream products. Today, the story is gaining traction in mainstream…

Although there are about 1,000 official records detailing the Salem witch trials, scant evident about the actual executions exists leaving researchers little means to determine the precise location where the accused witches met their end. This changed after a group of seven scholars formed the Gallows Hill Project and set out in 2010 to answer…

The Salem witch Trials were a series of hearings, and executions, of people accused of witchcraft in the towns of Salem Village, Salem Town, Ipswich, and Andover, Massachusetts. In the end, twenty-five people died, most of them women. Today the trials are considered abominable and serve as a vivid cautionary tale about the dangers of…

It’s a dirty little secret in South Africa, one that as of 2010, is once again on the rise. Called “muti murders” or “medicine murders” (sometimes termed “ritual murder” or muthi-murder), it takes its name from the Zulu word “muti”, the term for traditional black magic medicines that utilize human body parts and flesh as…

Witch doctor of the Shona people close to Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Police in the township of Chitungwiza in Zimbabwe reported a massive explosion yesterday at the home of a local tribal “sorcerer” (known here as witchdoctors). The blast leveled the home, killed five people, and damaged 12 nearby homes. Police presumed that the dead, who were known to be seeking help improving their finances, were visiting…

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The Malleus Maleficarum, aka Hammer of Witches, was the de facto standard playbook for witchcraft trials in the 17th century. Here is how to officially charge, try – and convict – a witch.

That time Tom Brady told reporters his wife was a practicing witch who created altars before each game to help him win.

Exact location where Salem witches were hung has been discovered – meet Proctor’s Ledge

The Complete Salem Witch Trials Guide – mass hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts ends with the deaths of 25 people – official documents, sketches, maps, and more!

Huge explosion at African witchdoctor’s home kills five and damages 12 nearby homes

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