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Science proved eating contaminated rye bread can result in this disease. Evidence tends to support the theory that this was the primary cause of Salem's witchcraft mania.

In 1692 a climate of fear and anxiety led to the deaths of 20 people during the Salem Witchcraft Trials. What were the reasons for this case of panic and injustice?

Some scholars assert that the mass hysteria in Massachusetts in the 17th century could have been triggered by a common fungus.

Grind your own wheat flour to ensure the finest possible key ingredient for your homemade whole wheat bread and other recipes.

Belief in were-animals was universal throughout Europe. In the Middle Ages, different countries had names for the creature and believed witches could shape-shift.

The horrors of medieval prejudice & fanaticism are alive in Triora, a crows' nest of a village clasped to a rocky peak high above the Italian coastline some 40 km away.

According to the Mayo Clinic, up to 17 percent of women and six percent of men have suffered a migraine.

The first recorded accounts of biological agents being used as weapons were from the 6th century B.C.

The history of a drug with remarkable potential which was banned through misuse by "hippies."

The Augustinian Medieval monks knew more about black henbane, hemlock and opium than anyone alive today. It was the best medicine you could buy in the Middle Ages."

Numerous people are puzzled by what happened during the Burning Times, height of persecutions, and in more isolated historical occurrences. Hypothetical answers exist.

Knowledge is not something that can always be written down or quantified.

Where the Alps roll into gentle hills, a courtyard of artisans craft life into a medieval village. In Saint Antoine l'Abbaye, the past is present in more ways than one.

Puritans believed witches existed and made pacts with the Devil. They had to be found, tried and executed. Suffer not a witch to live.... Not even in the Colonies.

In Strasbourg France between July and September 1518, why were around 400 people overcome with an irresistible urge to dance?

Part three of a multipart series on the origins and implications of recreational drugs. The hallucinogenic exploration of the Sixties began in both nature and a lab.

Relapse Records, known for its experimental metal and grindcore bands, scored big with Genghis Tron, whose sophomore is an unrelenting and creative aural assault.

Historians, psychologists, sociologists and others research and theorize as to what caused Salem's mass hysteria, a complex issue, involving many factors.

What, exactly, this mystic ritual was, no one knows; but why the ancient Greeks participated in it can be understood by the testimonials of the initiated.

There's an array of toxic plants in the average yard or garden. Learn what plants are toxic and the symptoms of poisoning in livestock, pets and other animals.