Witchcraft
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Last Salem ‘witch’ exonerated after 329 years, thanks to Grade 8 classElizabeth Johnson Jr.'s three-century wait for justice has finally come.TrendingMay 27, 2022
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Stabbed dolls, dead birds found in disturbing scene at small-town U.S. parkBeheaded, bloody dolls were found at the site, as well as candles and what appears to be salt.TrendingApr 20, 2020
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Harry Potter banned from school library for including ‘actual’ spellsA parents' group accused the Nashville priest behind the decision of being unable to "discern fact from fiction."TrendingSep 3, 2019
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Are these women Canada’s last illegal practitioners of fake witchcraft?Fake witchcraft will no longer be illegal when Bill C-51 passes, but that didn't stop police from charging two people this week.PoliticsOct 28, 2018
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Woman charged with witchcraft in evil spirit blessing scam that left man out $600KInvestigators said that a man met with a psychic named Evanna four years earlier.CrimeOct 25, 2018
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After months-long investigation, Milton psychic faces fraud, extortion chargesHalton police say the investigation began in May when a victim reported that a psychic had defrauded them of over $60,000.CanadaOct 19, 2018
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Canada’s strangest laws: From witchcraft to blasphemy to sleigh bellsFrom witchcraft to sleighbells to hard labour to blasphemy, Canada's lawbooks have some very odd corners..May 24, 2017
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Psychic faces witchcraft charge after extorting $100K to exorcise ‘evil spirit’: policeA 37-year-old Indian man has been charged with pretending to practice witchcraft after police say a Brampton man was defrauded of more than $100,000 in a fake exorcism for an ill relative who was told they were the "victim of an evil spirit."CrimeMar 30, 2017
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Tanzanian albino children, attacked for body parts used in witchcraft, seek care in USFour Tanzanian children with albinism who lost limbs in brutal attacks driven by superstition and witchcraft, arrived in the United States on Saturday in hopes of receiving new prosthetics that will help them lead normal lives.HealthMar 27, 2017
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Photos of starving ‘witch’ toddler in Nigeria lead to wave of donationsThe shocking photos of an aid worker giving water to an emaciated toddler have led to a flood in donations to an aid organization seeking to raise awareness about children who are abandoned after being accused of witchcraft.WorldFeb 18, 2016
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