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These Real Life Witches Stories Show You The Power Of Fear.

The witch on a broomstick flying over the moon is a classic Halloween symbol. She might even have an accessory black cat, crow or crafty cackle. But the truth is most accused “witches” in history were never as warmly received as this image, let alone the whole Harry Potter craze. Witch stories from back in the day derive from a bubbling cauldron of small-town suspiciousness, lust and the powerful controlling the narrative of the weak. Here are some crazy witch stories in history that really make you […]

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Some Extremely Bad, Government-Sanctioned Things Went On In This Building

googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTBT_ATF’); }); If you know anything about the creepiness of early American history, then you certainly know about the Salem Witch Trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693. The movement resulted in the brutal killings of 20 women before all was said and done. While the whole town bears the marks of these trials, one building in particular deserves the title of being the epicenter of evil. This is the Joshua Ward House. During the late 1600s, it was […]

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