Witches have never been a symbol of goodwill since time immemorial. It therefore goes without saying that no one desires to have an encounter with these people. Now, few folks might argue that witches have never been people of bad will. Sadly, society has never viewed them this way. As a matter of fact, witches have been one of the most hunted groups on the planet. All this started back in the 1200s when the leaders noticed that misfortunes befalling them were a result of accommodating people of questionable spiritual character.

Witch encounters are treated close to sacrilege. For people who have personally crossed paths with witches, their stories have not been ones with happy endings, if they even lived to tell it. For most of them, their encounter left them dead, if not at least with a curse; which later on resulted in their death.

On the other hand, communities that happened to host them have not had any better experience. These chilling encounters are what we will recount here. Be careful though, you might not be able to sleep after reading this.

15. Kidnapped babies and wife of the devil

When Angela De Barthe was captured on grounds of witchcraft in 1275, no one knew the gruesome contents her confession would have. First, she confessed to having born a son with the devil, a half-man wolf-snake creature that fed only on babies. The encounters with her victims were similarly chilling.

According to residents, babies were mysteriously disappearing within the area, with no clue on where they were headed. Angela recounted the encounters with her victims, as a hunt for her son whose only appetite for babies had to be satisfied. Her wealthy life as a noble woman in Toulouse, France, kind of explained it all.

14. A whole village is swept to extinction

If you happen to house a witch and you know it, be careful not to turn your back on her. The residents of Frenier, LA learnt this the hard way after they started taking advantage of Julia Brown, a famous witch they had all come to love. Her magical touch and portions were loved by many, the main reason why she used to be contracted by villagers to make predictions and cast various spells.

When she finally got tired of the villagers who had started taking her for a ride, Julia started issuing terrifying predictions and curses to people she deemed disrespectful. When she was about to let go of her life, Julia declared that she would take her whole village with her. Well, on her funeral day in 1915, the whole village which was attending the burial due to fear was swept away by a mighty hurricane. Only two people survived. Up to date, developers have not been able to develop the place.

13. The Boleskine house, left with a curse

A sorcerer’s former house should be a no go zone; not even as an emergency shelter in case you are stranded. Two occupants of the Boleskine house, once occupied by the famous witch Aleister Crowley of London, learnt this lesson the hard way.

The first to get hit was Crowley’s own housekeeper whose children had their life cut short mysteriously. The mad witch then went ahead to brag of how one of his sober employees got drunk and nearly wiped away his entire family. After Crowley left, the next inhabitants found a house still possessed by the witch’s dark energy. The army major who immediately moved into the house pierced his own head with a bullet from his shotgun. The next owner left in a hurry after hearing unexplainable creaks, squeals and ghostly noises. In 2015, the whole house went up in flames with no logical reason.

12. She turned sailors into animals

The legend of Circe is a rather intriguing one in history. According to records, this witch had a peculiar habit of turning sailors passing by her home into animals such as wolves and lions. A vivid encounter recorded was between her and captain Odysseus. As per historical records, Circe turned Odysseus’ men into swine but Odysseus managed to save himself from her spell using a magical plant he was given by the gods.

The captain went ahead and made a deal with Circe, where she was going to house them for a year before they sail back to their motherland, betting his hope on the agreement that the witch was not going to betray them. Lucky for them, they went back home a year later in full human form.

11. Taken to the afterlife by a witch’s poison

This American story actually has some truth in it. According to historical records, the bell witch was a famous witch who used to haunt John Bell Sr., a wealthy American back in 1817. During her occasional visits, the witch would haunt Bell’s family and often swear at the family that she would do something terrible in the near future.

It did not take long before John Bell Sr. was found lying cold, the cause of his demise being poisoning. According to witnesses, the bell witch actually poisoned him, by placing a bottle of poison in disguise as a medicine bottle. Sadly, the old man took the poison thinking he was taking his normal drug dosage.

10. She cursed a King and Queen with storms

Around early 1590, King James VI from England got married to Anne from Denmark, a young lady who was bewildered and frightened by the subject of dark magic. However, the new couple was not going to live in harmony for long. Apparently, they were already a target of one witch, Agnes Sampson.

Records show that on two different occasions, King James and his wife experienced treacherous storms as they were sailing into Scotland. The quick conclusion was that a witch had cursed Mother Nature and ordered her to create the storm that almost ended the lives of the King and the Queen. When the witch-hunt list came out, Agnes Sampson was at the top of it. It didn’t take long before she was apprehended and taken to King James who showed no mercy. Records show that Agnes was severely tortured, after which she was strangled and burnt to her demise.

9. Deadly cat from hell

England once again hosted the most unapologetic witch in history, Agnes Waterhouse, and her encounters with her victims were not happy ones. According to Agnes’ testimony at her trial, she copulated with the devil, whom she worked for.

She also claimed that she had a cat named satan that she used to send to exterminate her enemies’ livestock. But the strangest of all is how she used to gruesomely cut short her victims’ lives. Apparently, she used her cat for the dirty job and for those she couldn’t send to the afterlife, she cursed instead. She swore not to disown satan during her confession. However, before her execution, she said that she once failed to perform her grisly acts on a man because of his strong faith in God.

8. A slave witch invokes her master’s children to fits and screams

In 1692, Salem, the colonial Massachusetts, was treated to a spectacle when Reverend Samuel Parris’ daughter and niece started having uncontrollable fits, screams and bizarre rants. The logical explanation, was that the Devil was involved in all those misfortunes befalling the Reverend. The Reverend’s daughter and niece immediately identified a slave, an old lady and a beggar as the cause of their mystery fits.

When they were interrogated, the slave confessed that she was actually working with the devil, and was among a consortium of witches hunting Reverends in the town. The court, basing its judgement on this decision, instructed for the execution of the slave witch.

7. She sucked his life out of his toe

This act was committed by a witch named Chedipe, who is dreaded amongst the Indians. According to residents, Chedipe has a common habit of visiting households at night, riding on a tiger under the moonlight, and sucking the life out of her victims.

This was the case of an unlucky man who after getting into bed for a good night’s sleep, woke up to find his soul already in the afterlife. According to neighbours and a few witnesses, the witch visited the unlucky man that night, where she sucked his soul through his toes. Residents claim that whoever is inside the home that she visits never hears her get in, move around, or suck any soul out, the more reason why these deaths are usually silent.

6. His witch relative pushed him against his own family and himself

This was the sad story of Frantz Bordes, a resident of Staten Island, NY. In August of 2006, he drowned his two children in a bathtub after which he jumped in front of a train and ended his own life. These two gruesome acts left a lot of unanswered questions in people’s minds. Homicide detectives investigating the two bizarre incidents found notes in his wallet and by his bed written in English and Creole, describing a curse placed upon him by a relative.

As per Frantz’s suicide note, his relative, who is a witch, had placed a curse on him that led him to act against his two children and himself.

5. Short-lived husbands and mysterious disappearance before execution

The first witch to ever be sentenced on Irish soil was Alice Kyteler and her victims knew way too well what she was capable of. Alice was a wealthy moneylender, who just couldn’t keep her numerous husbands alive for long enough. After mysteriously losing four husbands, Alice’s family started suspecting something was not right with the wealthy lass.

She was first accused of poisoning her fourth husband, before a search in her house revealed strange artefacts such as mysterious powders and spells. On top of that, it was discovered that Alice was practicing weird rituals using hair from the buttocks and unbaptized children’s clothes. Her show was however far from over. On the eve of her execution over witchcraft charges, she mysteriously disappeared, never to be traced again.

4. She feasted on children before they were baptized

A German witch back in the 1500s is credited for having given her victims the most gruesome experiences of their lifetime. Walpurga Hausmannin was a household witch who had a taste for babies, and was labelled as one of the most gruesome exterminators in German history.

As per her confession, she too had copulated with the devil plus a demon, and was in agreement with them that she would send them people and animal souls. Children who met her never lived to see the next day, as per her confession. Her victims usually ended up on her dinner table.

3. Long-gone witch hunting for her enemies

If you participated in the extinction of Moll Dyer, then you are in trouble; that is, if you lived in the 1600s. As per legend, which has some great truth in it as per other reports and recounts, Moll Dyer was accused of being a witch and on one winter night, a group of men kidnapped her from her home. She was later found without a heartbeat, frozen to a stone.

Now, her spirit is back in Leonardtown Maryland, looking for the people who cut her trip to earth short. Residents say that she frequents her wooden cabin and her land, haunting people around it and terrorizing any person found in her property.

2. A curse made a 14 year-old end his sister’s life

In 2005, Ronald Eric Salazar told a court that witchcraft drove him to assault his little sister as she was passing away. Believe it or not, this was the true case.

A witch in El Salvador claimed that he had cursed Salazar’s father before 1991, when Salazar made his way into America. Apparently, the son took his father’s curse with him to America, which had been unleashed upon him when he was staying with his grandparents. According to the son’s confession, the witch’s curse made him stab his sister and assault her as she was bleeding to her end, after which he washed the knife and covered her with a Winnie the Pooh comforter. In October 2009, he was given two life terms, but the witch never lifted his curse.

1. She used to curse people who went swimming

The legend of Jenny Greenteeth is not a funny one. This dreaded witch of England was a ferocious woman who had a taste for blood and ending lives by drowning. According to witness reports and testimonies all over England, this legendary witch used to lure her victims into rivers where she would drown them, just for the fun of it.

Some people who have witnessed her grisly act also claim that she devours the men, women and children who she drowns. According to these reports, those who have seen her describe her as a green lady with razor sharp teeth, probably adapted to eating human flesh.