Salem witches were hanged instead of being burned

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Contrary to popular belief, the deeply paranoid puritans did not use massive bonfires for execution, opting instead for a standard, incredibly depressing gallows tree.

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Salem witches were hanged instead of being burned — STACKY / Myths & mysteries

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A modern barista might charge protective wards by observing the Moon

In Eastern Europe, old women left jars of milk at doors said to keep witches from entering homes

Warlock originally meant oathbreaker instead of male witch

Ursula Southeil, known popularly as Mother Shipton, is widely regarded as one of England's greatest mystical prophetesses, supposedly predicting the Great Fire of London and the invention of iron ships.

Witch marks were considered undeniable, damning evidence of a mystical pact with the devil during medieval trials, but in reality, they were literally just ordinary moles, skin tags, or weird freckles.

Helen Duncan was the absolute last person imprisoned under the British Witchcraft Act in the twentieth century

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