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Horror and Fantasy Films

7 Captain Kidd films that created a pirate legend

Haunted Hotels and Pubs

Landlord reveals haunted secrets of the Ring O’ Bells, Middleton

Folklore

Paranormal Britain wins Katharine Briggs Award 2026

Television

Chiller (1995): Number Six TV REVIEW

Television

Tales of Frankenstein (1958) REVIEW

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Ghost Glass: The Bookshop-Bar Poltergeist in Broadstairs

Guildford: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

16 Spookiest Tower of London Ghosts and Hauntings

Was Langenhoe The Most Haunted Church In England?

Ghost Stories in Luton: Hauntings and Chilling Legends

6 Most Haunted Royal Palaces

Salford Hall Hotel, A Favourite Haunt of Ghosthunters In Warwickshire

The Grey Lady Ghost of Chetham’s Library

Discover Mercure Banbury Whately Hall Hotel’s Ghostly Secrets

Bestwood Lodge Hotel, One Of Nottingham’s most haunted houses

Kirkstone Pass Inn, breathtaking haunted views and hair-raising ghosts!

Ghosts of St Mary’s Lighthouse, Whitley Bay

Mists and Murmurs at Haunted Belgrave Hall

Dark and Mysterious Castlemilk House, Glasgow

Ghostly Castle of Mey and the Queen Mother

Horror Films & Television

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Thriller (S4, E2): Nurse Will Make It Better REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

Tod Slaughter, England’s Forgotten Horror Star

Terry Sherwood

Prometheus 2012 REVIEW

Ren Zelen

Out of the Darkness 1985: Wish I Could Remember Unforgettable Plague Film

David Saunderson

5 Joan Collins Horror Films You Can’t Miss

Spooky Isles

Bell, Book and Camera: A Guide to the Occult on Film

Jon Kaneko-James

The Ghoul 1975 REVIEW

Terry Sherwood

Charles Ogle and the first Frankenstein 1910 REVIEW

David Saunderson

The Girl With All The Gifts 2016 REVIEW

Andrew Garvey

Vampyros Lesbos (1971) REVIEW

Simon Ball

The Witches 1966 REVIEW

Adam Scovell

Woodchester Mansion: Most Haunted REVIEW

Andrew Homer

Burke and Hare 2010 REVIEW

David Saunderson

Not Again: Ghosts BBC (S4, E6) REVIEW

Gemma Johnson

Truth Seekers TV Episode Guide

Ann Massey McElroy

Folklore

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Horror and Fantasy Films Mysterious Creatures

Ah-Hoo, Werewolves Of London! A Study In Lycanthropy

Folklore

4 Halloween traditions we all love and the creepy reasons behind them

Mysterious Creatures

What is a Cockatrice? Deadly Chicken Lizard Of Hampshire

Folklore

Nine Ladies Stone Circle: Where The Witches Dance

Folklore

Dark origins of Halloween: The night the dead haunts the living

Folklore

5 Irish Funeral Traditions you’re dying to know

Folklore Ghosts and Hauntings

What Lurks In Dartmoor’s Wistman’s Woods?

Mysterious Creatures

Fachen, a Strange Giant

Superstitions

Vine Folklore: Myths and Magic in the UK and Ireland

Folklore

Who Was Jack O’Kent, The Welsh Doctor Faustus?

Folklore

The Welsh Corpse Candles of St David

Folklore

Does St Mark’s Eve rival Halloween as the spookiest day of the year?

Dark History

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Dark History

Vampire of the Villas Victim Choked on Garlic

Dark History Esoteric Arts

Lambeth’s Occult Secrets: David Turnbull Interview

Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings

Ghost Hunting with Richard III

Dark History

Bridget Cleary and Ireland’s Last Witch Burning

Dark History

Aleister Crowley, The Beast Of Boleskine House

Paranormal Dark History

Bolton Strid Deadly Waters Inspire Tales Of Horror

Cemeteries and Burial Places

The Horrific Truth of Ireland’s Bog Bodies

Cemeteries and Burial Places

Beyond the Graves of Layton Cemetery REVIEW

Cemeteries and Burial Places

London Necropolis Railway Station for the Dead

True Crime

The Manchester Pusher: Urban Legend or Serial Killer?

Dark History

How the Samlesbury Witches escaped the hangman’s noose

Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings

The Possession Of Richard Dugdale, The Surey Demoniac

Paranormal

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Folklore Ghosts and Hauntings

Ceredigion’s Spookiest Folklore And Legends

Ghosts and Hauntings

Southend-on-Sea, Essex: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Ghosts and Hauntings

Dudley Castle’s Halloween anniversary ghost

Ghosts and Hauntings

5 Haunted Places in Dartford, Kent

Ghosts and Hauntings

The Restless Ghosts of Leith, Scotland

Paranormal Research

F G Lee, Resurrecting A Neglected British Ghost Hunter

Ghosts and Hauntings

Johnny One-Arm: Edinburgh’s Restless Paranormal Avenger

Mysterious Phenomena

Busby Stoop, Thirsk’s Cursed Chair

Haunted Hotels and Pubs

Ghosts of Whistlebinkies Roam Edinburgh’s Vaults

Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted Hotels and Pubs

White Hart Hotel, Book A Haunted Room With One Of Its Ghosts!

Ghosts and Hauntings

Ghosts of The Cotswolds Send Shivers Up Your Spine

Ghosts and Hauntings

Oranmore Castle: The Haunted Watchtower of Galway Bay

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