Of all a witch’s tricks, flying might be the hardest to pull off. Bluster and chance go a long way when it comes to spells and potions, but flying is pretty cut and dried. For centuries witches gave ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The image of a witch flying on a broomstick is iconic, but it is not nearly as old as the idea of witchcraft itself, which dates to the earliest days of humankind. Several ...

In order to understand how witches could fly on broomsticks, or at least believe they were flying, we need to consider the plant that Ron Weasley is holding in this still from a Harry Potter movie.

'Thout, tout a tout, throughout and about!' — Have you ever seen a witch, dressed all in black and flying silhouetted against the full moon? Whether or not you have had this doubtful privilege, have ...

DALLAS They are the stuff of nightmares and haunted houses. But some of the most famous and frightening Halloween creatures may be based in toxic truth. The cauldron is, effectively, a small chemistry ...

Among the throngs of this year's trick-or-treaters, hundreds of Americans will be dressed as Miley Cyrus or a minion from "Despicable Me," but more will go with a fail-safe getup. "Witch" once again ...

Ask anybody from East Lancashire what they know about April 1612 and they all say Pendle Witches. Were the women (and one man) who died actually witches? In the evil sense of the world the answer is ...