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How a Sudden Winter Storm in 1617 Sparked the Deadliest Witchcraft Trials in Norwegian History (opens in new tab)

During the 17th-century Finnmark witch trials, 91 people were executed in Norway's northernmost region, mainly by burning at the stake

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