witchcraft Archives - Page 2 of 11 - Bone and Sickle

“Young Goodman Brown”

September 21, 2024 boneandsickle black magic, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, folklore, gothic literature, Halloween, history, literature, storytelling, witchcraft, witches

We’re getting into the spirit of the season with a classic tale of witchcraft set in 17th-century Salem Village, Nathaniel[…]

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Six Witches

August 30, 2023 boneandsickle EPISODE, folklore, history, horror, legends, superstition, witch trials, witchcraft, witches

Six historical witchcraft cases as related in the 1880 volume by James Grant, The Mysteries of All Nations, Rise and[…]

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Who Put the Hell in Helloween?

October 26, 2022 boneandsickle America, cautionary tales, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, Evangelicals, folklore, Gerald Gardner, Halloween, holidays, modern folklore, occultism, Satanic Panic, Sibyl Leek, superstition, Wicca, witchcraft

During the Satanic Panic, the notion of Halloween as a Satanic High Holy Day came to prominence, but the elements[…]

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