1. Witchcraft
... thousand deaths, over three centuries. In England and America, a large number of "witch finders" would go out and search for witches for money. Matthew Hopkins appointed himself as the "Witch Finder General." During the English Civil War, from 1645-1646, Hopkins used tortuous means to discover numbers of witches. More than seventy were executed. He got paid according to the number ... ...
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