Witch-Hunt

A Witch-Hunt refers to a historical event in which a moral panic would break out in the search for percieved "witches" in medieval Europe and beyond - often a Witch-Hunt involved many unjust and criminal actions on the part of what would be viewed today as "angry mobs" as well as infamous societies dedicated to torturing victims into confessing their crimes.

Often a Witch-Hunt targetted people based purely on rumour or superstition and once they became convinced of a victim's guilt they would engage in torture, harassment and even lynching - one of the most well-known of the Witch-Hunt punishments was to be burnt at The Stake.

Many people lost their lives to the Witch-Hunt in the past (mostly women, though some men also met a similiar fate) - either being burned at The Stake, tortured to death or drowned via the Dunking-Stool. [1]Another infamous example of witch hunt is hanging.Added by B1bl1kalThe horrific and unfair nature of the Witch-Hunt continues to live on in infamy and has been adopted for any situation that is seen as being akin to it, such as when governments or a group of people pursue percieved enemies with reckless abandon.

Although originally supportive of the Witch-Hunt most religious societies and governments have since gone on to condemn the actions of their ancestors and pardoned most of the victims who died as a result of these events.