Fear + trigger = scapegoat" is displayed at the Salem Witch Museum, a popular tourist attraction in Massachusetts where I ...

For example, only 16.5 percent of people in the U.S. said they believed in witchcraft. Read more The witch camps where hundreds of elderly women are left to die ...

For example, the German Purity law, which limited beer brewers to just four ingredients, inadvertently pushed out brewsters who foraged for wild ingredients and were unable to buy hops, says Nurin.

The Ghana witch camps are not the only example of modern-day witchcraft accusations. In other parts of Africa, there have even been state-sponsored witch hunts.

Zimbabwe has lifted a ban on the practice of witchcraft, repealing legislation dating back to colonial rule. From July the government acknowledges that supernatural powers exist - but prohibits the ...

“For example, many of us are women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and are members of other underserved communities. Like us, those convicted and tried for witchcraft were often vulnerable ...