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The Angels of Mons: Ghostly guardians of the Great War
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19 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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Exploring British Halloween TV Specials
2 October 2023
Samhain: A New Witch’s Perspective
30 October 2024
Ghostwatch, the birth of paranormal reality TV
19 June 2019
Jack O’Lantern: 13 Things You Didn’t Know
7 October 2018
ghosts & hauntings
Charles Dickens’ Ghost Haunts Birmingham Each Christmas
14 December 2021
Evil Spirits Terrorise Eton’s St John’s Church
1 April 2022
Brocket Arms, A Perfect Place To Experience The Paranormal
14 September 2018
Haunted Bodmin: Ghosts and Paranormal Tales from Cornwall
8 September 2025
Ghostly Tales from the Battle of Hastings
14 October 2024
horror & fantasy films
23 July 2024
The Creeping Flesh 1973 REVIEW
18 June 2012
23 September 2024
14 August 2012
The R.I.P. Man 2025 is a British horror with bite!
24 January 2026
television
Getting Out: GHOSTS BBC (S1, E6) REVIEW
21 June 2024
Thriller (S3, E3): Death To Sister Mary REVIEW
24 October 2020
Edinburgh Vaults, Most Haunted REVIEW
20 July 2019
Most Haunted The Stage Show REVIEW
16 April 2024
The Tractate Middoth: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
23 December 2017
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
28 April 2023
The Morrigan: Ireland’s Darkest Goddess
6 March 2021
Candles Superstitions in British Folklore
12 April 2024
Shocking Child Demonic Possession Cases in Medieval England
29 August 2017
5 Fairies You Might Spot In Scotland
13 August 2022
Wayland’s Smithy, A Guide to the Mysterious Tomb
14 September 2022
Dark history
Aleister Crowley, The Beast Of Boleskine House
16 June 2012
William Palmer, The Rugeley Poisoner
3 April 2013
Charlotte Dymond’s Ghost, A Body on Bodmin Moor
1 December 2020
Old Scarlett, Peterborough’s Spookiest Gravedigger
19 March 2025
Why Did Jack the Ripper Stop Killing?
10 November 2025
How the Samlesbury Witches escaped the hangman’s noose
28 March 2015
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
The Alien Autopsy Scandal, A Very British Con
22 June 2026
Neil Nixon: Why We Still Don’t Know the Truth About UFOs
16 September 2025
John Warren’s 1943 Close Encounter in Norfolk
29 September 2023
High Wycombe UFO: The Tale of William Robert Loosley
29 September 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Mystery Animals of The Lothians
4 June 2024
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
The Man-Monkey of Shropshire Union Canal
26 January 2022
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
Loch Ness Monster Mania – 1933-style
18 May 2012
How The Loch Ness Monster Was Used For Political Propaganda
15 February 2015
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament
21 February 2025
Time Slips with Dr Ann Winsper INTERVIEW
16 February 2022
How Hypnosis Helped Me to See a Ghost
24 April 2012
The Mysterious Locked Room Death of Thomas Farrant
7 January 2023
