Welcome to spooky isles
Harry Called: Is this Uncanny’s perfect M.R. James ghost story?
David Saunderson
5 September 2026
Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings
Lough Gur: Ancient Stones, Fairies and Ghosts in County Limerick
Ann Massey McElroy
2 September 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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Spooky Isles Halloween Radio Show 2021
26 October 2021
Teanlay Night: A Fylde Coast Halloween
4 October 2023
Edinburgh’s Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit at Halloween
21 January 2013
ghosts & hauntings
Haunted: E. Jay Gilbert’s Journey Through Britain’s Ghost Lore
9 September 2025
Decoding Paranormal Frights: Could They Be Warnings?
20 July 2026
17 June 2013
2:22 A Ghost Story PLAY REVIEW
6 September 2021
Hospitable Ghost At A Bath Hotel
19 September 2013
The Curse of Peg O’Neil’s Ghost – a beheading won’t stop her!
28 February 2017
horror & fantasy films
7 January 2013
Jekyll and Hyde Takes A Funny Turn
2 October 2024
1 February 2023
3 February 2014
Taste the Blood of Dracula 1970 REVIEW
23 October 2013
television
Not Again: Ghosts BBC (S4, E6) REVIEW
1 January 2025
7 Strange Derek Acorah Facts You Didn’t Know
15 November 2017
10 Doctor Who Scariest Moments
24 December 2017
Thriller (S3, E3): Death To Sister Mary REVIEW
24 October 2020
Thriller (S1, E1): Lady Killer REVIEW
4 December 2016
Haunted: Poor Girl 1974 REVIEW
30 December 2021
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Vampires Discovered In 8th Century Ireland
23 October 2013
Rain of Stones: A True Truro ‘Ghost’ Story
9 November 2023
Green Children Of Woolpit Remains A Mystery
27 December 2012
The Bloody Berwick Vampire Attacks
13 October 2023
Dark history
British Death Through The Ages
20 February 2012
Grissel Jaffray, Dundee’s Last Witch Burning
5 November 2014
Aberdeen Witch Trials Frenzy Sparks Terror
4 August 2024
Who was Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man?
9 February 2013
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
Phantoms In The Night Or ETs? BOOK REVIEW
17 November 2023
Flap Over Broad Haven UFO Encounters
23 August 2023
Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW
11 November 2023
The Great Flying Saucer Hoax: How a 1967 Student Prank Fooled Britain
19 September 2025
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
The Pig-Man Roams Cannock Chase
24 July 2013
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
Loch Ness Monster Mania – 1933-style
18 May 2012
St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster
8 November 2014
Trewint Tor: A Tale Of Scaredy Cats On Bodmin Moor
19 August 2020
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
‘Help Me, Help Me! Suzie’s Dying!’
2 October 2022
Meet Bill Ramsey, The Southend Werewolf
3 November 2022
10 March 2025
Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?
13 June 2012
Time Slips with Dr Ann Winsper INTERVIEW
16 February 2022
