This Day in Halloween: Pope Innocent VIII issues the papal “Witch bull” -- that allows torture and murder of women -- in 1484. / Illustration by Remmick Wadsworth
Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, also known as the papal “Witch bull” in 1484 that gave free reign to German inquisitor Heinrich Kramer to torture and murder innocent women across Central Europe that Kramer deemed were witches.
