Throughout the years, people accused of practicing witchcraft have had a bad rap with the Catholic Church. Though, no viable reason has ever been given, between the years of 1275 and 1929 a minimum of 173,408 people were persecuted for being accused of witchcraft (Europe and America only).
During the Spanish Inquisition, 30,000 people (mostly Jewish) were killed for supposedly practicing witchcraft. 80 were killed in the same fire in 1574 at Valery-En-Savoie, France. One person was killed in Pennsylvania, USA in 1929.
Altogether throughout 1275 and 1929 just between Europe and the United States:
2,386+ people in France,
114,517+ people in England,
24,577+ people in Germany,
30,303+ people in Spain,
25 people in the United States of America,
That's a total of 173408+ people killed for being a witch (according to the Catholic Church). That's one person a day for 475 years!