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26 August 2026
The Whisper of ‘Enid’: An EVP that led back to Dale House
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26 August 2026
Halloween is coming!
Why FEAR at Avon Valley leads the UK scare scene
2 November 2025
FEAR at Avon Valley delivers the UK’s most consistently thrilling and immersive Halloween event, balancing theatre-quality storytelling with a genuine festival atmosphere, writes PM BUCHAN
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Nos Galan Gaeaf, Halloween in Wales’ Strangest Customs
5 October 2023
Halloween Poems to Read by Candlelight 2025
4 October 2025
Why FEAR at Avon Valley leads the UK scare scene
2 November 2025
Teanlay Night: A Fylde Coast Halloween
4 October 2023
ghosts & hauntings
Crumlin Road Gaol: What ghosts lurk within its walls?
28 January 2013
The Haunting Brontës of Haworth
13 September 2022
Hazelwood Castle Hotel, home to phantom clergy
20 October 2018
Hunting Ghosts with Gatiss and Coles BBC RADIO 4 REVIEW
26 December 2022
The Ghost House, Gloucestershire’s Spookiest Haunting
22 October 2022
Fort Brockhurst: Hampshire’s Haunted Fortress of Shadows
28 September 2024
horror & fantasy films
2 January 2025
26 August 2024
15 April 2015
The Beast Must Die 1974 REVIEW
25 March 2015
3 October 2017
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire 1952 REVIEW
20 December 2011
television
RAF East Kirkby Most Haunted REVIEW
25 October 2019
Robin Redbreast 1970 TV REVIEW
23 October 2017
Christmas Carole 2022 TV REVIEW
9 December 2023
Rude Awakening: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.3)
15 February 2013
Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW
1 January 2024
Shadows (S1, E6) Dutch Schlitz’s Shoes REVIEW
10 April 2022
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
6 Strangest Beings From Scottish Highland Folklore
8 October 2015
St Werburgh: The Goose-Taming Saint of Chester
13 August 2025
The Trickster Fox in British Folklore
1 October 2022
10 February 2013
Strange Prophecies of Scotland’s Brahan Seer
29 May 2012
The Trow of Orkney: 10 Things You Should Know
5 January 2024
Dark history
Glasgow’s Bubonic Plague of 1900
2 January 2013
Mystery of Roanoke: How 117 English Settlers Vanished Into Thin Air
28 November 2024
Serial Killer Ghost Stalks Shrewsbury Castle
16 November 2016
The Children of the Wailing Woods: A Visit to Watton
14 April 2015
8 Scottish serial killers who shocked the world
9 April 2012
Literature
Who is Dracula’s Father? BOOK REVIEW
15 April 2026
D.E.V.I.L by Jill Lincoln BOOK REVIEW
18 March 2026
UFOS & ALIENS
Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW
11 November 2023
Phantoms In The Night Or ETs? BOOK REVIEW
17 November 2023
UK Beginners Guide to UFOs VIDEO
28 September 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Two Great Beasts: Aleister Crowley And the Loch Ness Monster
28 November 2020
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
Loch Ness Monster Mania – 1933-style
18 May 2012
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
The Angels of Mons: Ghostly guardians of the Great War
19 August 2026
The Supernatural Side of Stonehenge
19 October 2023
Why Do Mystics, Misfits and Madmen Fascinate Us?
21 October 2023
Are Time Slips Caused by Paranormal Memory Tampering?
23 August 2023
There’s Something Mysterious About Milton Keynes
26 August 2013
Richard Case: How I’d Solve The Talking Mongoose Mystery
9 October 2023
