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Las brujas de Barahona se han convertido en un lugar común que ha pervivido en el ideario colectivo. El origen de la creencia en estas mujeres infanticidas, que maltratan a los vecinos, pactan con el diablo, se untan, vuelan y acuden a reuniones en los campos de Barahona, se cifra en un proceso iniciado en 1526 contra Juana de Morillas y en 1527 contra Francisca la Ansarona y Quiteria de Morillas...