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* '''12 October''' - The '''[[Salem Witch Trials]]''' are ended. ''(1692)'' | * '''12 October''' - The '''[[Salem Witch Trials]]''' are ended. ''(1692)'' | ||
* '''12 October''' - Author and [[occultist]] '''[[Aleister Crowley]]''' is born. ''(1875)'' | * '''12 October''' - Author and [[occultist]] '''[[Aleister Crowley]]''' is born. ''(1875)'' | ||
* '''12 October''' - Followers of '''[[María Lionza]]''' undertake their annual pilgrimage to Sorte Mountain in Venezuela. | |||
* '''13 October''' - Hundreds of the '''[[Knights Templar]]''' in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair, and later confess under torture to [[heresy]]. ''(1307)'' | * '''13 October''' - Hundreds of the '''[[Knights Templar]]''' in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair, and later confess under torture to [[heresy]]. ''(1307)'' | ||
* ''' | * '''16 October''' - George Lusk, the chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee in London, received the "From Hell" letter allegedly from '''[[Jack the Ripper]]'''. ''(1888)'' | ||
* '''26 October''' - Author and [[astrology|astrologer]] '''[[Sybil Leek]]''' dies. ''(1982)'' | * '''26 October''' - Author and [[astrology|astrologer]] '''[[Sybil Leek]]''' dies. ''(1982)'' | ||
* '''27 October''' - [[Constantine I|Emperor Constantine]] is said to have received his famous '''[[Vision of the Cross]]'''. ''(312)'' | * '''27 October''' - [[Constantine I|Emperor Constantine]] is said to have received his famous '''[[Vision of the Cross]]'''. ''(312)'' | ||
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* '''31 October''' - '''[[Peter Stumpp]]''', the Werewolf of Bedburg, is [[death by burning|burned]] along with his mistress and daughter. ''(1589)'' | * '''31 October''' - '''[[Peter Stumpp]]''', the Werewolf of Bedburg, is [[death by burning|burned]] along with his mistress and daughter. ''(1589)'' | ||
* '''31 October''' - '''[[Thiess of Kaltenbrun]]''', the Livonian Werewolf, is condemned to be flogged for [[heresy]]. ''(1692)'' | * '''31 October''' - '''[[Thiess of Kaltenbrun]]''', the Livonian Werewolf, is condemned to be flogged for [[heresy]]. ''(1692)'' | ||
* '''31 October''' - The [[occult]] horror film '''''[[Nightmare on the 13th Floor]]''''' first airs on television. ''(1990)'' | |||
* '''31 October''' - The holiday '''[[Halloween]]''' is celebrated in many countries. | * '''31 October''' - The holiday '''[[Halloween]]''' is celebrated in many countries. | ||