Barry McCann

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BARRY McCANN is a writer, speaker, performer and broadcaster. He regularly writes short stories for the Lancashire Evening Post and was recently included in the anthology His Red Eyes Again, published by The Dracula Society (and available on Amazon.) He regularly appears on BBC Radio Lancashire and is the Folklore Correspondent on BBC Radio Cumbria. He has also hosted two Ingrid Pitt - Queen of Horror Festivals in Hastings, having previously worked for the legendary actress as her researcher.

Wicker Man Celebration Rekindles Folk Horror Magic in Newton Stewart
The Wicker Man 2006 REVIEW
The Wicker Tree: Robin Hardy’s Underrated Sequel
Scrooge 1913 aka Old Scrooge REVIEW & FULL VIDEO
Scrooge 1951 REVIEW & VIDEO

Scrooge 1951 REVIEW & VIDEO

11 December 2022

Black Sunday 1960 REVIEW

Black Sunday 1960 REVIEW

30 October 2022

Jennet Preston, The Pendle Witch of Yorkshire
Do Ghost Sightings Run on Timetables?
Do Shared Haunting Experiences Prove The Supernatural?
Convent Crescent BOOK REVIEW
10 Ways David Pinner’s Ritual May Have Inspired The Wicker Man 1973
10 Most Haunted Lancashire Pubs
What is haunted Chingle Hall’s darkest secret?
The Day of the Triffids 1962 REVIEW
Welcome to the real Devil’s End, as seen in Doctor Who: The Daemons
The Woman in Black: How Susan Hill’s Ghost Story Has Evolved
Shadowy Ghosts in Haunted Lancaster Flats Creep Out Terrified Residents
Salmesbury Hall Ghost, A Classic Haunting Tale Of Tragic Love Lost
England’s Obsession With Black Dogs And Other Demon Hounds of Hell
England’s 5 Most Creepy Victorian Haunted Piers To Visit
Was A Mummied Cat Buried In Secret Pendle Hill Witches’ Cottage?
Jennet Device: Whatever Happened To The Pendle Witch Child?
Birkdale’s Palace Hotel with the Haunted Lift
Haunted Hampstead: A Ghostly Walking Tour