Pendle Witches

Pendle Witches

female
The trial of the Pendle Witches is one of the most famous witch trials in the history of England. On August 20, 1612, ten people were hanged at...
Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather

male, deceased (1728)
Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 - February 13, 1728). A.B. 1678 (Harvard College), A.M. 1681; honorary doctorate 1710 (University of Glasgow), was...
Matthew Hopkins

Matthew Hopkins

male, deceased (1647)
Matthew Hopkins, d. 1647, was an English witchhunter whose career flourished in the time of the English Civil War. He held, or claimed to hold, the...
Reginald Scot

Reginald Scot

male, deceased (1599)
Reginald Scot (circa 1538 - 1599) was the English author of "The Discoverie of Witchcraft", which was published in 1584. It was written to show...
Sybil Leek

Sybil Leek

female, deceased (1982)
Sybil Leek was an English witch, astrologer, psychic, and occult author. She wrote more than 60 books on occult and esoteric subjects. She was...
Mike Deodato

Mike Deodato

male, 46 years old
Mike Deodato, sometimes called Mike Deodato Jr., is the professional pseudonym of Brazilian comic book artist Deodato Taumaturgo Borges Filho. He...

Rebecca Brown

female
Rebecca Brown, M.D. (born Ruth Irene Bailey in Shelbyville, Indiana on May 21 1948) is a controversial Christian doctor best known for her claims...

Dafo

female
Dafo is the "magical name" (an occultist's pseudonym) for an otherwise anonymous woman that researchers such as Ronald Hutton and Philip Heselton...
Tanya Luhrmann

Tanya Luhrmann

female, 50 years old
Tanya Marie Luhrmann (b. 1959) is an American psychological anthropologist best known for her studies of modern-day witches, charismatic...
Katarzyna Figura

Katarzyna Figura

female, 47 years old
Katarzyna Figura is a Polish actress. She is sometimes billed as "Kasia Figura", as in "Prêt-à-Porter (Ready to Wear)," Robert Altman's 1994 fi...