The claim is fairly old and has been spotted in movies like “Burned at the Stake” (1982) and “I Married a Witch” (1942), both of which depicted witches in colonial Salem, Massachusetts ...

In retellings of historical witch hunts, it's often claimed that the people convicted of witchcraft – mostly women – were burned at the stake. But social media users claim accused witches in ...

Prosecutor Fany Aguilera said that members of the Mbya Guarani ethnic group tied 45-year-old Adolfina Ocampos to a wooden pole and shot arrows at her before they burned her alive.

Witches weren’t burned at the stake in colonial New England, historians told VERIFY. To stream 12NewsNow on your phone, you need the 12NewsNow app. Download the 12NewsNow app. More Videos.

In 1692, the good people of Salem, Mass., went searching for evil. They could have just looked in the mirror. Witches and devils dancing in a circle, woodcut, 1720. (Wellcome Collection) Driven by … ...

Witches weren’t burned at the stake in colonial New England, historians told VERIFY. Contrary to popular belief, accused witches were hanged, not burned at the stake, in Salem, ...

Witches weren’t burned at the stake in colonial New England, historians told VERIFY. To stream 13News Now on your phone, you need the 13News Now app. Download the 13News Now app ...

Most people who were accused of witchcraft in Salem were hanged. Witches weren’t burned at the stake in colonial New England, historians told VERIFY.

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Most people who were accused of witchcraft in Salem were hanged. Witches weren’t burned at the stake in colonial New England, historians told VERIFY.