July 11, 2003
witches curse
Watched a fascinating documentary on PBS last night: The Witches Curse. Researcher Linnda Caporael discovered a plausible reason for the terrible witch hunts in the middle ages that killed 40,000 innocent people: a fungus that infected the grain crops and caused food poisoning and LSD-like symptoms.
Posted by Uwe Hoffmann at July 11, 2003 01:02 PM