Secret “witch marks” have been discovered scratched on the walls of a Tudor manor house. Pentagrams, charms to trap demons and a suspected attempted curse against the building’s wealthy ...

The historical, medieval manor house, Gainsborough Old Hall in Lincolnshire, England, has a long list of fascinating, royal residents and visitors that have roamed its Tudor-style halls since the ...

One method was searching for “witches’ marks” which could be anything from a mole or birthmark to an extra toe. “Swimming” potential witches involved stripping them and tying their ...

One was the presence of ‘witch marks’, a mark supposed to have been put on a woman’s body by the Devil. Water was another commonly used means of determining whether women were witches ...