The Wicked Witch of the West did not carry a broom in L. Frank Baum’s original 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'—so where did it ...

If you took movies and TV shows seriously, witches, or those who practice witchcraft, would all be wearing pointy black hats, riding broomsticks and wickedly cackling over cauldrons. Unsurprisingly, ...

Look up at trees silhouetted against the night sky on Halloween and you might see something spooky -- a witches' broom. A real witches' broom. No witch, though. Witches' broom is the name given to the ...

Local creatures have often been given the names of early explorers and naturalists that visited our northern shores and forests. So (until the names are changed) we have Townsend’s warblers and ...

From real witches' brooms and bezoar stones to the author's drawings, the new exhibit has everything Harry Potter fans have been waiting for Forget plastic wands and Ravenclaw-style Halloween costumes ...

Myranda Green loves witchcraft so much, she spent a day of her honeymoon in Salem, Massachusetts. As a modern witch, she knows it’s important to learn from witch hunts of the past. But you don’t need ...

This week Wicked: For Good hits theaters, promising to tell audiences the second half of the story of how a young, talented, green girl of Oz named Elphaba Thropp became the Wicked Witch of the West, ...