News: Witches, Witchcraft and Witch Hunts

Here is a round-up of recent news stories and review of books on witches, witchcraft and witch hunts in history and current times:

"Witches, child killers and brothel keepers - and the injustices of being a woman" - story at Scotland on Sunday about a new exhibition in Aberdeen called Outcasts, on women and crime: https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/witches-child-killers-and-brothel-keepers-and-the-injustices-of-being-a-woman-1-5091962

"The Bargarran Witches – Devil's Marks, curses and the witch trials of 1697" - a look at witchcraft history at Glasgow Live: https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/bargarran-witch-trials-1697-14162436

"Bangladesh: Woman branded as witch, blamed for husband's death" - story at Gulf News: https://gulfnews.com/photos/news/bangladesh-woman-branded-as-witch-blamed-for-husbands-death-1.1582092207845

"Hanged for witchcraft: book gives rare insight into 17th Century witch trials" - news story about the auction of a rare book, at ITV News: https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2020-02-10/hanged-for-witchcraft-book-gives-rare-insight-into-17th-century-witch-trials/

"A Deadly Storm, a Witch Hunt and a Village Without Men" - a look at a novel, the Mercies, based on the witch trials in Vardo, Norway: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/books/review/mercies-kiran-millwood-hargrave.html

"Mannequin wearing witch's costume appears in County Square shopping centre" - story at Kent Online: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/ghost-of-debenhams-past-appears-in-shop-window-222243/

"YouTube witch has 'more followers than the Church of England'" - story at the Daily Star: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/youtube-witch-more-followers-church-21516988