Head Scratchers & Good Stuff to Know

Witches are bad ass entities that scare the hell out of mere mortals. Throughout history, there have been numerous superstitious ways in which people have tried to prevent witches from rising from the grave. It seems death was not punishment enough. During an archaeological dig of a ‘witches... Sign in to see full entry.

Thousands of unsuspecting drivers claim to have experienced time loss after they dared to travel on the nation's most haunted highway despite the warnings. People have also been known to disappear for a short period of time, and then reappear with no recollection of their time missing or even what... Sign in to see full entry.

It takes a lot to scare Zak Bagans and the crew from the Ghost Adventures, but a few destinations that involved both emotional and terrifying encounters with the paranormal have made true believers out of them as far as ghosts, spirits, and apparitions are concerned as well as the diehard fan's who... Sign in to see full entry.

Walpurga Hausmännin of Dillingen was an Austrian midwife who was executed for witchcraft, vampirism, and child murder. The confession she made under torture exemplifies the classical relationship between witch and devil, later commonly used in several witch trials. The accused witch had sex with a... Sign in to see full entry.

The nineteenth century present's us with the infamous William's sisters, who are noted as being two of the most notorious witches to have ever danced on Illinois roofs. Their many incredible feats were witnessed by hundreds, achieving bizarre and bewitching activity like no other recorded in... Sign in to see full entry.

Malin Rumpare Matsdotter was the very last victim in Sweden confirmed to have been executed by burning for witchcraft, and she is the only one to be executed by this method during the famous witch hunt Det Stora oväsendet aka the " great noise" in Sweden. T he general rule was that witches who were... Sign in to see full entry.

During the 1880s, accused witch, Caroline Barnes once shook up the small community of fifty or so people who once resided in the town of Ashmore, Illinois. After the terrorized citizens had enough of her strange antics, they hung her and then buried her alive when she would not die. The most bizarre... Sign in to see full entry.

Black Annie is one witch legend that late night campfire stories are made for. The woman in black was once known throughout the state of Illinois as o ne of the most notorious witches in the Midwest. The woman behind the haunting figure is believed to be a local who was run off her land when Mount... Sign in to see full entry.

This group of witches were condemned to hellfire and later became popular names for newborn baby girls. Bessie, Alizon, Ursula, Margaret, Joan, Agnes, Elizabeth, Margery, and Gwen are British witches who are gone, but not forgotten. Margery aka Madge was a with who resurrected the dead. Elizabeth... Sign in to see full entry.

The photo above is that of the mansion where the accused witches of North Berwick spent their last night. Between 1400 and 1700 alone, an estimated 70,000 to 100,000 souls were executed for allegedly doing the Devil's work. Before the Salem witch trials, there was Agnes Sampson, who was part of the... Sign in to see full entry.