She was a follower of Wicca, a pagan religion, and claimed she asked him to help her celebrate a holiday known as Beltane. Friends told police Sanford’s interest in Wicca began when she was 19 ...

The word witch is now associated with malevolent black magic but in medieval Britain white witches or “cunning folk” were an accepted part of village life. These pagan healers were skilled in ...

She told police the two had met at a local casino a few days previously, and she’d invited him to go on a hike with her. She was a follower of Wicca, a pagan religion, and claimed she asked him to ...