A woman felt delirious after an evening of drinking one night in 1704 — and so she concluded that her neighbor, Lilias Adie, must have summoned Satan to cast a spell on her. Adie was arrested ...

After confessing, under duress, to the crimes of casting malicious spells and having sex with the devil, Torryburn, Fife resident Lilias Adie died in the year 1704. She had been sentenced to be ...

She was buried on a beach in Torryburn, Fife by locals – who were so concerned that she might “reanimate” and rise from her grave that they buried her under a large stone. But despite their ...

Lilias Adie, from Torryburn, Fife, died in 1704 while held in prison for her "confessed" crimes of being a witch and having sex with the devil. BBC Radio Scotland's Time Travels programme has now ...

Lilias Adie is believed to have been tortured into confessing to the 'crime' and was buried under a half-tonne slab in Torryburn, Fife in Scotland, in 1704. She took her own life before she could ...

On Saturday, exactly 315 years after Adie died in custody in the village of Torryburn, Depute Provost of Fife Council Julie Ford laid a wreath at the site of Adie’s grave. “It’s important to ...

Tributes were paid by residents of three Scottish villages after three plaques were placed on the Fife Coastal Path. The new heritage trail commemorates the women of Culross, Torryburn and ...

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Sandy Gardner from Torryburn, Fife, was moved to a desk job after hurting his back at home. By the time he recovered he found the pounds had piled on. Central Scotland Fire and Rescue told him he ...

Campaigners have launched a search for the missing skull of a 18th century woman accused of having sex with the devil. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...