Tag Archives: Halloween
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In this excerpt, Virginia Krause, author of Witchcraft, Demonology, and Confession in Early Modern France (2015), explores how to be...
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With three villagers hanged on charges of witchcraft, nearby churches were set on a mission to discourage their parishioners from falling into the darker arts of witchcraft via annual sermons during t...
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In this excerpt, Augustin Calmet, author of The Phantom World (2012), recalls the chilling story of blood-sucking vampires in 18th C...
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To wrap up our spooky holiday series on the scholarly side of some Halloween favorites, Andrew McCann, the author of Popular Li...
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Bernard Rosenthal, the editor of Records of the Salem-Witch Hunt, sheds light on America's most famous witch trials...
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There's always an element of shock or surprise when we discover an unexpected visiting spider, but what about when it's one that can jump?
Arachnophobes: look away now......
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The vampire and its gothic roots have been part of our Halloween celebrations for centuries. But where do those associations come from, and how have they been rewritten today? Gail Turley Houston, the...
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With three villagers hanged on charges of witchcraft, nearby churches were set on a mission to disco...
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To wrap up our spooky holiday series on the scholarly side of some Halloween favorites, Andrew McCan...
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There's always an element of shock or surprise when we discover an unexpected visiting spider, but w...
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The vampire and its gothic roots have been part of our Halloween celebrations for centuries. But whe...
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