Read more witchcraft stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17061/witchcraft.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:53:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63829/help-wanted-witch-good-wpotions-75k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British tourist attraction is seeking to conjure up a new resident witch, the BBC reports. Wookey Hole Caves has advertised for a witch willing to live in the site's caverns and practice her—or his—trade for an annual salary of $75,000. Applicants need to have strong cackling...http://www.newser.com/story/63829/help-wanted-witch-good-wpotions-75k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 10:11:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61355/tanzania-opens-trials-in-killings-of-albinos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTanzania is trying seven people for murdering albinos and selling their body parts for use in witchcraft, the BBC reports. Dozens have been arrested in some 40 murders over the past year and a half, but so far no one has been convicted. Witch doctors sell “albino potions” for thousands...http://www.newser.com/story/61355/tanzania-opens-trials-in-killings-of-albinos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 8:28:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59315/abuse-of-child-witches-burgeoning.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChildren dubbed “witches” are facing increasing abuse in Nigeria and elsewhere, advocates say. “They would take my clothes off, tie me up and beat me,” said a 14-year-old, whose grandfather concluded he was a “witch” 2 years ago when he cried at the threat of being beaten with a broom....http://www.newser.com/story/59315/abuse-of-child-witches-burgeoning.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 10:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53972/pope-to-angolans-convert-witchcraft-believers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Pope urged Catholics in Angola to reach out and convert witchcraft believers frightened by “evil powers,” the AP reports. “In today's Angola, Catholics should offer the message of Christ to the many who live in the fear of spirits,” a fear that can lead them to “condemn street children...http://www.newser.com/story/53972/pope-to-angolans-convert-witchcraft-believers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Mar 2009 8:47:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47286/witch-burned-alive-in-papua-new-guinea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA young woman accused of witchcraft was doused with gasoline and burned to death on a pyre of car tires in Papua New Guinea, reports the Telegraph . The girl, aged between 16 and 21, was accused of spreading AIDS to one of her murderers in an extra-marital affair. Black magic...http://www.newser.com/story/47286/witch-burned-alive-in-papua-new-guinea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Jan 2009 16:00:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41708/murders-terrify-tanzanian-albinos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTanzanian Albinos are living in fear, "unsure of waking up in one piece," said one, as 30 have been killed this year for their body parts, the Guardian reports. Their pigment-free hair, skin, genitals, and extremities are used in witchcraft to bring enrichment, a “stupid belief,” says the country’s president....http://www.newser.com/story/41708/murders-terrify-tanzanian-albinos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Nov 2008 14:03:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37964/downturns-spark-witch-hunts-against-elderly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"Witch-hunting” is a hot term these days as angry Wall Street investors pine for revenge—but in some countries they take it literally, Tim Harford writes in Slate. In Tanzania, Bolivia, and India, elderly women are often targeted as witches when resources are scarce. Tanzanian women are killed by their...http://www.newser.com/story/37964/downturns-spark-witch-hunts-against-elderly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Sep 2008 20:07:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37559/congo-probes-witchcraft-stampede-deaths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAccusations of witchcraft led to a deadly stampede at a soccer game in the Congo, the BBC reports. Fighting broke out between rival teams after players from one team accused the rival team's goalkeeper of casting spells. Police intervened but were pelted with rocks by the crowd. They fired tear...http://www.newser.com/story/37559/congo-probes-witchcraft-stampede-deaths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Sep 2008 11:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36011/swiss-pardon-europes-last-executed-witch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's 226 years too late to restore her head to her body but the Swiss have decided to restore the good name of convicted witch Anna Goeldi, the Independent reports. Goeldi, the last person in Europe to be executed for witchcraft, was tortured and killed after being accused of casting...http://www.newser.com/story/36011/swiss-pardon-europes-last-executed-witch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 Aug 2008 4:56:54 CDT