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10 Scary Poltergeist Facts You Need To Know

Spooky Isles Team - 1
Poltergeists rank high on the list of disturbing and mysterious ghost types. Here are 10 things you should know about them.
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The Muckleburgh Collection, Most Haunted REVIEW

Amy Van De Casteele - 3
AMY VAN DE CASTEELE looks back on Most Haunted: The Muckleburgh Collection
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Newport, Wales: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Claire Barrand - 5
Newport is full of hauntings and tales of the supernatural. CLAIRE BARRAND lists the most haunted places to visit in the South Wales city...
Salford Hall Hotel, known for its many ghosts and its hospitality, is a lovely hotel in Warwickshire.

Salford Hall Hotel, A Favourite Haunt of Ghosthunters In Warwickshire

A scene from When Evil Came To Rochdale, a documentary on Channel 5

When Evil Came To Rochdale TV REVIEW

Welcome 18

Curse of the Werewolf 1961 REVIEW

Welcome 19

Jack the Ripper … from Hull?

Vintage Newcastle

Newcastle Ghost Tour: Create Your Own Itinerary

Sean Hogan is the director of To Fire You Come At Last 2023

Sean Hogan: ‘To Fire You Come At Last’ INTERVIEW

Bones of St Nicholas, Inside No 9 Christmas Special 2022

The Bones of St Nicholas, Inside No 9 Christmas Special 2022...

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Haunted Yorkshire Pubs That Will Terrify You

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the house that dripped blood

The House That Dripped Blood 1970 REVIEW

Selene Paxton-Brooks - 1
SELENE PAXTON-BROOKS reviews the third Amicus horror portmanteau, The House That Dripped Blood (1970)
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The Limehouse Golem 2016 REVIEW

The Thing With The Two Heads 1972

The Thing with Two Heads 1972 REVIEW

Welcome 24

Unearthly Stranger 1963 REVIEW

Scrooge McDuck in Mickey's Christmas Carol 1983

Mickey’s Christmas Carol 1983 REVIEW

Albert Finney as Scrooge 1970.

Scrooge 1970 REVIEW

The Descent 2005 Review

The Descent 2005 REVIEW

Love At First Bite 1979

Love At First Bite 1979 REVIEW

Blood flows thick and bright red in Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 REVIEW

FOLKLORE

ESOTERIC ARTS

HORROR FILMS

Common British garden plants

11 Common British Garden Plants and How To Use Them in...

Dream Meanings

40 Common Dreams and Their Meanings

Welcome 26

A Guide to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix...

Patrick Magee in Asylum (1972).

Asylum 1972 REVIEW

Robert Hardy as Dr Haynes in The Stalls of Barchester

The Stalls of Barchester 1971 REVIEW

Welcome 27

10 English Folklore Characters You Need To Know

Black Sunday 1960

Black Sunday 1960 REVIEW

Welcome 28

Mystery of Roanoke: How 117 English Settlers Vanished Into Thin Air

The Red Lion Inn, seen here in a postcard from 1900, is known as Colchester's oldest pub.

Is Colchester’s Red Lion Hotel, Essex’s Most Haunted Pub?

Most Haunted - Mary King's Close

Ordsall Hall Most Haunted REVIEW

Drumcliffe Church Sligo

County Sligo: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Welcome 29

Hell Hounds of Jersey and Guernsey

Roos Hall Suffolk

Christmas Ghost of Roos Hall, Suffolk

Hanbury Hall

Hanbury Hall and the Ghost of Emma Vernon

Welcome 30

Red Room 2017 Review

Mystic Meg

Mystic Meg, UK’s Most Famous Astrologer dies, aged 80

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Mitre Pub, Lancaster Gate, London Paranormal Investigation REPORT

Welcome 32

The Plague Of The Zombies 1966

Jack the Ripper 1988 TV mini-series

Jack the Ripper 1988 TV Series REVIEW

Welcome 33

Peter Laws On Why We Love Being Scared! VIDEO

She 1955

She 1965 REVIEW

Pimlico Poisoning

10 Brutal Murders That Shocked London

Salmesbury Hall Ghost

Salmesbury Hall Ghost, A Classic Haunting Tale Of Tragic Love Lost

The Farrington Inn

Is Bristol’s Farrington Inn, The UK’s Most Haunted Pub?

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She 2014 REVIEW

Welcome 35

The Man-Monkey of Shropshire Union Canal

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Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde 1971 REVIEW

Welcome 37

Extinction: Jurassic Predators 2014 REVIEW

Welcome 38

What is haunted Chingle Hall’s darkest secret?

Welcome 39

The Enigma Of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP)

Witch Cottage Pendle Hill

Was A Mummied Cat Buried In Secret Pendle Hill Witches’ Cottage?

Welcome 40

Remembering Channel 4’s Monster Horrors Season (1986)

Welcome 41

The Lives of Three Curious Cunning Folk

Bodmin Jail

Bodmin Jail’s Ghosts And Other Scary Souls

Newcastle Keep

The Keep: Newcastle’s Most Haunted?

Walter Raleigh Ghost

Sir Walter Raleigh’s Ghost Still Roams England

Shane Briant

Shane Briant talks to Spooky Isles

Welcome 42

Shankill Castle: Murder, Ghosts and Mystery

Lion and Swan Hotel

Devil Dog And Ghost Child Haunt The Lion And Swan Hotel,...

The Haunting 1963

The Haunting 1963: 10 Creepy Facts You Must Know

League of Gentlemen

The League of Gentlemen, a comedy of terror TV REVIEW

Welcome 43

Who was Susan Willis Fletcher, Convicted Spiritualist Fraud?

Welcome 44

Derby’s Saddest Ghost: Hangman John Crossland

Does Berkshire have a ghost bear?

Does Berkshire Have A Ghost Bear?

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Steve Potter, Paranormal Investigator Interview

Dracula 1931 Spanish Version

Dracula 1931 Spanish Version REVIEW

Welcome 46

A Warning To The Curious 1972 REVIEW

Welcome 47

Taste the Blood of Dracula 1970 REVIEW

Welcome 48

Young Frankenstein 1974 REVIEW

St John's Eve

Celebrating St John’s Eve in England

Welcome 49

What is a Selkie or Seal Bride?

Morfa Colliery

Morfa Colliery: Mining Superstitions and Ghostly Forewarnings

Welcome 50

Shadows (S2, E6): The Eye

Welcome 51

Was Camberwell bus stop haunting a Christmas Angel?

Welcome 52

Armchair Thriller (S2, E07-10): Dead Man’s Kit REVIEW

Welcome 53

Dr Crippen’s Ghost and Other Murderer Spirits

The Bride 1985

The Bride 1985 REVIEW

Welsh Dragon

Welsh Dragons: Everything You Need To Know

Craiglockhart Hydrotherapy Hospital, Tales from the Crypts of Auld Reekie

Exploring the Haunting Echoes of Craiglockhart

Welcome 54

The Mask of Fu Manchu 1932 REVIEW

St Stephen's Green Dublin

St Stephen’s Green, Dublin: A Centre Of Spooks And Spectres!

Quatermass 2

Quatermass 2 1957 REVIEW

The Ghost and Mrs Muir 1947

The Ghost and Mrs Muir 1947 REVIEW

Mousa Broch

Ancient Legends of Mousa Broch, Shetland Islands

The Creeping Flesh 1973

The Creeping Flesh 1973 REVIEW

Welcome 55

5 Monstrous Black Dogs from British Folklore

Spooky Isles readers SALLY SELL and SAMANTHA DAVIES share their creepy experiences living in a haunted cottage in West Sussex that made them (possibly) believe in ghosts 

Friends Unveil Haunted Cottage’s Secrets

In 1926, Agatha Christie vanished for 11 days, creating a mystery so compelling that it even inspired a "Doctor Who" episode!

The Day Agatha Christie Disappeared: A Real-Life Mystery

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Bexley’s Haunted Hall Place Creaks With Ghosts!

These creepy UK Kids TV Shows from the 1980s and 90s delivered spooky fun for the whole family, writes RACHAEL ELIZABETH

Spooky UK Kids TV Shows of 1980s and 1990s

Winchester Cathedral

Winchester’s 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Spaced

Top 5 Spaced Horror Film References

Sma Shot Cottages

Sma’ Shot Cottages Surprise Haunting in Paisley

Most Haunted - Mary King's Close

Levens Hall, Most Haunted REVIEW

blood from the mummy's tomb 1971

Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb 1971 REVIEW

Dracula vs Frankenstein 1971

Dracula vs Frankenstein 1971 REVIEW

The Wicker Man 2006

The Wicker Man 2006 REVIEW

Welcome 57

Inverness: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

The ghost of a chocolate Labrador, haunts RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire

Have You Ever Seen Animal Ghosts?

White Hart Hotel, Exeter Hotel

5 Haunted Exeter Hotels You Can Stay In

Welcome 58

9 Most Haunted Ireland Cemeteries And Graves

John Christie

John Christie: The 10 Rillington Place Murders

Welcome 59

Weymouth: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Welcome 60

Healing Crystals: 20 Frequently Asked Questions

The Revenge of Frankenstein 1958

The Revenge of Frankenstein 1958 REVIEW

Roche Rock Cornwall

Roche Rock Cornwall, The Home Of Jan Tregeagle’s Evil Spirit

Ghost Tour in Hampstead with Merlyn Roberts and Spooky London Pubs

Grab A Ghost Walk And Be A Dark Tourist For The...

Scottish fairies

5 Fairies You Might Spot In Scotland

The Ghost's Chance, Millionth Chance, aka Jay Hollis

Jay Hollis: Bringing Ghostly Tales to Life Through Music

Nightmares Ahead

Howard Jackson talks about Nightmares Ahead

Welcome 61

23 Mysterious British Holy Wells

Welcome 62

The Paranormal Bell-Ringing of Bealings House, Suffolk

Welcome 63

Dalston Hall Hotel: A Haunted Ghost Guide

Ghostly Piper

Beware Scotland’s Ghostly Pipers and the Supernatural

Renfield played by Dwight Frye in Dracula 1931.

Dracula by Bram Stoker: Thoughts on Chapter 5

Ghosts Christmas Special 2021

Ghosts Christmas Special 2021 REVIEW

Welcome 64

The Two Faces of Evil: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.12)

Welcome 65

A Guide to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone BOOK REVIEW

Island of Doctor Moreau

The Island of Doctor Moreau BOOK REVIEW

Thriller Spell of Evil

Thriller (S1, E10): Spell Of Evil REVIEW

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