Witch trials in the Middle Ages and early modern times are still a story that needs to be examined more closely, especially because otherwise it could disappear into the darkness. The major landmarks are well known: the Bamberg witch trials between 1590 and 1630 and the Salem (Massachusetts) witch trials of 1692. Whether herb woman or alderman, whether prostitute or blacksmith – anyone could be sentenced to death by fire if they were suspected of witchcraft. But has this insane superstition, which once spread across Europe like the plague, really died out? Who are the sorcerers of today? Putin and the Muslim leaders? Perhaps...