Margaret Aitken (died c. August 1597, Fife), known as the Great Witch of Balwearie, was an important figure in the great Scottish witchcraft panic of...

between 4 March and October. The best-known case was that of Margaret Aitken, called The Great Witch of Balwearie. She was likely arrested in Fife in April...

Gardner and the 20th Century 'Witches'". Folklore Society News. 17: 10. Murray, Margaret A. (1962) [1921]. The Witch-Cult in Western Europe. Oxford:...

2013. Aitken, Jonathan (2013). Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality. A & C Black. ISBN 978-1-4088-3186-1. Campbell, John (2003). Margaret Thatcher:...

Catholics. Walker acted as a whistleblower in the witch hunts. When Margaret Aitken (the great witch of Balwearie) confessed she had lied and was burned...

Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597 Lemures Margaret Aitken (the great witch of Balwearie) Spirit possession Witchcraft and divination in the Hebrew Bible Witch of...

couple had three children: Francis Spottiswoode Aitken Jr., Frances Aitken and Margaret Shirley Aitken. Aitken died 24 February 1933 in Los Angeles, California...

The Witches' Well is a monument to accused witches burned at the stake in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the only one of its kind in the city. The memorial...

Dracula: a Darwinian approach to the vampire's evolution". In Davison, Carol Margaret; Simpson-Housley, Paul (eds.). Bram Stoker's Dracula: Sucking Through the...

She also starred as the White Witch in the film adaptations of C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), The...