Today we bring you a real Story from Hell… A very dark and terrible tale, and that is the legend of Moosham Castle and the Salzburg Witch Trials, also known as the Zauberjackl Trials, that lasted from 1675 to 1690. This is the very place and story that inspired the band Mercyful Fates song "The Jackal of Salzburg." Moosham Castle is located in the beautiful mountains of Salzburg, Austria, and is the scene of one of the most brutal and horrific witch-hunts in European history. The Zauberjackl (or Wizard Jackal in English) trials led to the death of 139 people. The interesting thing is that most of the victims that were executed were male. The ruthless killings that took place in Moosham began in 1675, when a woman named Barbara Kollerin was arrested on suspicions of theft and sorcery. Her spouse, a man by the name of Paul Kalthenpacher, was also put on trial with her. During her torture, she confessed that her son, Paul Jacob Koller, practiced black magic and that he made a pa...