The former inhabitant of a house in Belozersk was considered to be a psychic or a sorceress. She willed her house not to be sold to anyone. The new owner decided to install plumbing, make repairs, and redo the layout. The locals had a premonition that this would not end well.

A young witch finds an ancient book whose pages are filled with new spells every morning. But with each new spell, she loses some of her memories. One day a spell appears in the book that promises to give her back her lost memories, but the price is incredibly high.

A rare and shocking discovery has been made at a Suffolk museum: a book with a leather binding of a man once convicted of murder had been discreetly stored on an office shelf for years.

The list of ancient ways of looking into the unknown is endless. But among them are some rather strange examples. Here are seven of the most popular but unusual methods used by seers in ancient Greece.