Monday 12 March 2018

News: Witches, Witchcraft, Witch Hunts & Weirdness

A round-up of recent news stories about witchcraft, witch hunts, paganism, the occult and general weirdness:

"Amazon Echo gadgets are doing 'witch-like' laughs and refusing to obey their owners" - story at Metro: http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/07/amazon-echo-gadgets-witch-like-laughs-refusing-obey-owners-7368539/

"Dark Somerset: The witches of Somerset" - story at Somerset Live: https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/dark-somerset-witches-somerset-1304777

"One 'witch' raped, another killed" - story at The Telegraph: https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/jharkhand/one-witch-raped-another-killed-214755

"Witch's Cauldron" - How to make a weird bubbling brew at The Hindu: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/witchs-cauldron/article22988419.ece

"Swinton Druids Temple" - story at Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/swinton-druids-temple

"Land and fire: Chinese villagers celebrate pagan festival" - story at Dhaka Tribune: http://www.dhakatribune.com/world/asia/2018/03/02/land-fire-chinese-villagers-celebrate-pagan-festival/

"The Twin Cities -- aka 'Paganistan' -- will host a world gathering of witches" - story at City Pages: http://www.citypages.com/arts/the-twin-cities-aka-paganistan-will-host-a-world-gathering-of-witches/476161043


"Pagan ritual: riding Alton Towers' new Wicker Man rollercoaster" - story at The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/mar/08/pagan-ritual-riding-alton-towers-new-wicker-man-rollercoaster

"Frances McDormand Reveals She's a Pagan Mom on a New Food Podcast" - story at Vogue.com: https://www.vogue.com/article/frances-mcdormand-interview-new-food-podcast

"Voodoo dolls of bosses improve staff morale, study finds" - story at The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/07/voodoo-dolls-bosses-improve-staff-morale-study-finds/

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