In Scotland most witches were executed by strangling or hanging. This image is from an engraving from Sir George Mackenzie's "Law and Customs in Scotland in Matters Criminal" published in ...

Suranne Jones thinks it's about time the term "witch trials" got a "rebrand". Given that the bulk of people executed were of course women, not witches, she argues their plight should be renamed.

The father-of-two was found hanged in a barn behind his home a couple ... Farley's referrals and condemned the Trust's investigation as a "witch-hunt". Doctor felt humiliated He said it had ...