News: Forteana, Occult, Paganism, Witchcraft

A round-up of news stories about forteana, conspiracy theories, the occult, witch beliefs and witch hunts.

“Scottish shaman kept owl heads in jam jars and sold bird parts in bizarre pagan shop” – story at Scottish Daily Record: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-shaman-kept-owl-heads-12052238

“REVEALED: The bizarre mystery of the ‘giant deer-sized king hare of Dorset’” – story at Express.co.uk: https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/920925/Giant-deer-sized-hare-Dorset-bizarre-mystery-legends-folklore-occult-cryptozoology

“David icke says Royal Family are ‘shape-shifting lizards’ but is he right?” – story at Express.co.uk: https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/921417/David-Icke-royal-family-shape-shifting-lizards-Gavin-Bone-Pagan-witchcraft

“Listen: Hitler’s quest for the Holy Grail? New book explores Nazi obsession with the occult” – story at TheBlaze.com: https://www.theblaze.com/podcasts/listen-hitlers-quest-for-the-holy-grail-new-book-explores-nazi-obsession-with-the-occult

“The Dutch Ritman Library Just Added 20,000 Historical Occult Books To Its Digital Archives, And You Can Read Them Right Now” – story at Bustle: https://www.bustle.com/p/the-dutch-ritman-library-just-added-20000-historical-occult-books-to-its-digital-archives-you-can-read-them-right-now-8225080

“‘Google is killing magic’ Internet superpower destroying mystic forces claims witch” – story at Express.co.uk: https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/921441/Google-technology-killing-nature-magic-Marian-Green-Occult-Conference

“‘We must act before another child is killed’: Warning over abuse linked to witchcraft and possession beliefs in the UK” – story at The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/witchcraft-possession-child-abuse-murders-warning-figures-spirits-faith-belief-action-call-a8214196.html

“Awareness campaign to curb witch-hunt crimes” – story at The Telegraph: https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/jharkhand/awareness-campaign-to-curb-witch-hunt-crimes-209356

“A Museum Dedicated to the ‘Last Witch in Europe’ Just Got a Million-Dollar Donation” – story at Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/anna-goldi-museum-donation

“A Welsh film about an African witch hunt has won a Bafta” – story at WalesOnline: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/welsh-film-african-witch-hunt-14307434

“Indians who ‘abused witches’ arrested by police” – story at BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-43109339

“Self-proclaimed white witch ‘indecently assaulted 15-year-old girl after offering to help her heal back pain’” – story from an ongoing court case, in which the defendant denies the charges. Story at the Mirror: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/self-proclaimed-white-witch-indecently-12055644

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