Friday 14 June 2019

Round-Up of News Stories on Witchcraft Past & Present

Here are links to recent news stories about witches and witchcraft:

"Woman bewildered as boyfriend is convinced she's 'reincarnation of an evil witch'" - story at Mirror.co.uk: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/woman-bewildered-boyfriend-convinced-shes-16494151

"Not Bewitched - Wiccan professor sues St. Bonaventure University for discrimination" - story at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/06/10/wiccan-professor-sues-st-bonaventure-discrimination

"For Sale: 'Haunted' Medieval Prison That Held Accused Witches" - story at Live Science: https://www.livescience.com/65694-medieval-witch-prison-house.html

"Weird Suffolk: The accused Suffolk 'witch' who ordered his own 'sink or swim' trial" - story at East Anglian Daily Times: https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/weird-suffolk-wickham-skeith-suffolk-witch-1-6093974

"Our Legal Heritage: Helen Duncan, the wartime 'witch'" - story at Scottish Legal News: https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/our-legal-heritage-helen-duncan-the-wartime-witch

1 comment:

Adri Bester said...

Wow!! So St Bonaventure University needs to view their Equality and Diversity Policy! That would definitely not happen in the UK.