JON KANEKO-JAMES goes for a stroll around central London and picks some of the most spooky spots in Covent Garden
Walpurgisnacht, Witch Hunting, Returning Saints and German Imports
JON KANEKO-JAMES loves Walpurgis Night – the second most spooky night of the year!
10 Horrible Valentines’ Love Facts!
Valentines Day is almost upon us. JON KANEKO-JAMES takes a look at the darker side of the day for lovers.
Strange British Love Spells and Curses
JON KANEKO-JAMES looks back at the strange and wonderful love spells & curses used in the UK over the centuries
Christmas Ghost Tales in the Pub
Gather in around the open fire, enjoy a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie, and hear stories of Christmas Ghosts and Victorian hauntings
The Dark Origins of Halloween
JON KANEKO-JAMES, of Boo Tours, takes a special look at the origins of Halloween – the night the dead come back to haunt the living
Hallowmass at The Rose
London’s oldest theatre The Rose is holding two special spooky evenings to celebrate Hallowmass!
Alp-Luachra, flesh-burrowing fairies
JON KANEKO-JAMES tells us about some gross fairies who’ll literally get under your skin
The Brag, Shape-shifting Devil Horse
JON KANEKO-JAMES tells us about the half giants known as Fachen, which had one eye, one arm and one leg
Ghosts of the Gatehouse Pub
JON KANEKO-JAMES probes the haunted past of the Gatehouse Pub in Highgate, North London
Doctor Faustus and Demonic Pacts
JON KANEKO-JAMES looks back on the days when Demonology and the Occult was accepted as scientific fact taught at universities
Yeth Hounds, Lost Souls of Dartmoor
JON KANEKO-JAMES explores the vicious legend of the Yeth Hounds – spirits of unborn babies and the lost
The Selkie Wife
Selkies are beautiful Scottish sea creatures. JON KANEKO-JAMES says you can make wives out of them if you can find them without their skin
5 Goriest Scenes from Elizabethan Theatre
Guest writer JON KANEKO-JAMES lists his top 5 goriest scenes from Elizabethan Theatre
Spring Heeled Jack and other phantom attackers
Guest JON KANEKO-JAMES looks at the legend of Spring-Heeled Jack and says the bouncing, fire-breathing phantom was only one of a long-line of mysterious attackers
