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At first this headline sounded like a joke. This kind of treatment doesn’t still happen ala the Salem witch trials, does it? It apparently and disturbingly does. Muree bin Ali Issa al-Asiri was executed several days ago in Saudi Arabia for
This is actually a really horrible story. A vervet monkey was killed and burned in South Africa by a mob who was convinced it was a witch. Bonus awful points – the police helped out by shooting at the monkey. It reported that the monkey wan
I am not even really sure where to start with this one. Apparently, the Holmavik Museum of Scocery and Witchcraft in Iceland contains a gruesome exhibit called the necropants. Let us just cut to the chase – these are pants made from the ski
You know, we tend to lionize our cultural demon hunters: Van Helsing, Simon Belmont, Buffy Summers. But you want to know when we don’t celebrate those who locate paranormal evil and vanquish it? When the acts of holy vengence look strangely
You thought the Catholic Church was done persecuting witches. Well, they are at it again, this time in Stockport, UK. High Priestess Amethyst Selmeselene (also known as Sandra Davis, grandmother of 11) attempted to rent out “Our Lady’s Soci
A Witch’s Bottle is a 17th century device believed to absorb and retain evil. Of course it was not the bottle itself that attracted evil, it was the witch’s potion held within it. When British researchers uncovered the most intact bottle ev
The tribal village of Siadimal, India has emptied out in recent days. No, it’s not Diwali yet, the villagers of Siadimal have fled because of a witch’s curse. A witch’s curse that they claim has caused a mysterious disease to infect several
Image Credit: Twinmama Not one, but two paranormal conventions took place this last week in Salem, MA. The above photo shows serious paranormal enthusiasts and convention goers enjoying each others company (not really). Both Ghostock 7 and