6. Abigail Hobbs
Perhaps the most famous witch to come out of the Salem Witch Trials, Abigail Hobbs, the number 6 in our list of most famous witches in history was accused of witchcraft at the tender age of 14. She was known to be a bit of a wild child and often people would have considered her to be disrespectful. She was arrogant even as she stood for questioning at the trial; seeming proud to have met with the Devil. Many did not know how to take this girl. Was she just a troubled teen lashing out? Or were her confessions of using voodoo to torture and kill her neighbors actually true? Her blasphemy quickly led to the accusations of her being a witch and she was smart enough to realize that she could delay execution by telling the judges what they wanted to hear. In late 1692 Hobbs was sentenced to be executed, but lucky for her a few month later the trials had fallen through the cracks and she was spared.
