NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — The wind blew hard one fall night here in 1589. So much so that King James VI concluded that witches must have gathered in this fishing town to conjure up the storm that ...

A group called Witches of Scotland, led by Queens Counsel member Claire Mitchell, ran a two-year campaign to bring the bill in front of Scottish parliament. Getty Images Witches have been free from ...

There are thousands of officially registered Scottish tartan designs, but only one is dedicated to the “witches” of Scotland. Certified earlier this month, the tricolor pattern is intended as a ...

Thousands of accused witches could be posthumously pardoned in Scotland. A parliamentary measure was introduced 300 years after the country’s witchcraft laws were repealed. The measure follows a ...

Salem, Mass., isn’t the only place where witches were being hunted centuries ago. Three-thousand miles away and 130 years before the hysteria in Salem, Scots were enthusiastically tracking down ...

Nearly a dozen people are on trial in Scotland for allegedly sexually abusing children and even reportedly involving the kids in "witchcraft." Seven men and four women are facing a combined 32 charges ...

Scotland is preparing to posthumously pardon thousands of people who were charged and executed for witchcraft between the 16th and 18th centuries. Between the 16th and 18th century 3,873 people were ...

Tartan is more than patterned cloth in Scotland. Specific tartans were linked to clans and regions, and the designs carry ...

Two Scottish authors and podcasters will be at Citizens Library in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 22, to talk about 16th century witch trials. Zoe Venditozzi and Clair Mitchell, the hosts of the ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland (RNS) — Just off of Royal Mile in Old Town Edinburgh, in a 17th-century stone building on Chalmers Close, is a new museum that, though dedicated to a part of history most Scots ...