But a number of especially strange objects have been washing up in Texas lately: “witch bottles.” People once used these in hopes of breaking dark spells — and experts suggest leaving them ...

learn about witch bottles, and take a detailed look at the torture devices used on many men, women, and children through the ages. An image from Willow Winsham's The Story of Witches. The second ...

He became so famous he was even summoned to court by King Charles II. Witch bottles or “bellarmines” were filled with potions that were said to counter the maleficent magic of a black witch.