Between 1563 and 1736, thousands of individuals were executed under Scotland’s Witchcraft Act. Designed to enforce godliness in the newly Protestant country, the law condemned anyone who appeared to ...

A new tartan has been registered memorialising the people in Scotland who were persecuted for witchcraft. The new Witches of Scotland tartan is intended to honour the Scots, primarily women, who were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The North Berwick Witches meet the Devil in the local kirkyard, from a contemporary pamphlet, Newes from Scotland (Credit: ...