From casting spells to riding on broomsticks, witches have been part of folklore for centuries. While real-life witches are very different from their pop-culture stereotypes, the very idea of them ...

Ms. Dyer, arguably, inspired one of the most famous fictional witches in American pop culture: the one at the center of the 1999 horror film “The Blair Witch Project.” Although the film never ...

Folk customs and belief in magic existed across the world for centuries. In Western Europe, witches were both respected and feared for their powers. Folk beliefs like curing the sick from evil ...

Around Halloween and spooky season, famous characters and specific imagery surfaces when witches are mentioned. From the Wicked Witch of the West to the Sanderson Sisters from "Hocus Pocus", women ...