Anna Göldi

female, deceased (1782)
Anna Göldi is known as the "last witch" in Switzerland. She was executed for murder in June 1782 in Glarus. Anna Göldi worked as a maidservant fo...

Martha Corey

female
Martha Corey was accused of being a witch during the 1692 Salem witch trials. The community was surprised to see Corey accused, as she was known...
Jane Wenham

Jane Wenham

female, deceased (1730)
Jane Wenham (d. 1730) was the subject of what is commonly but erroneously regarded as the last witch trial in England. The trial took place in 1712...

Dorcas Good

female
Dorothy Good was the real name of the four-year-old daughter of Sarah Good, both of whom were accused of practicing witchcraft in Salem in 1692....
Alice Kyteler

Alice Kyteler

female, 729 years old
Dame Alice Kyteler (1280 - later than 1325), was born in Kyteler's House, Kilkenny, Ireland, the only child of an established Anglo-Norman family....
Isobel Gowdie

Isobel Gowdie

female
Isobel Gowdie, who was under trial in 1662, was a Scottish witch whose detailed confession to witchcraft, apparently achieved without the use of...
Grace Sherwood

Grace Sherwood

female, deceased (1740)
Grace Sherwood (1660 - 1740) is a local legend in the old Princess Anne County and Pungo, Virginia. She is known as the Witch of Pungo to...
Maren Spliid

Maren Spliid

female, deceased (1641)
Maren Spliids, (ca 1600-1641), was an alleged Danish witch, probably the most known wictim of the persecutions of witches in Denmark. Togheter with...
Alse Young

Alse Young

female, deceased (1647)
Alse Young (sometimes cited as Achsah Young or Alice Young) (d. May 26 1647) of Windsor, Connecticut, was the first person in the records executed...
Johannes Junius

Johannes Junius

male, deceased (1628)
Johannes Junius (1573- August 6, 1628) was the Burgomeister of Bamberg, famous today for his letter written to his daughter from jail while he...