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24 June 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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Ireland’s Púca Festival: A Different Kind of Halloween
27 October 2024
Psychoville Halloween Special: You’d Be Foolish To Miss It
25 November 2017
10 Great Monster Songs For Your Halloween Party!
9 October 2020
Hop tu Naa: A Isle of Man Celebration
26 October 2023
ghosts & hauntings
The Haunting Of Pond Terrace, Chelsea’s Ghost Sensation
28 February 2015
Pete the Cardiff Poltergeist Plays Havoc With Repair Shop
31 August 2019
Grimsby: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
6 October 2022
Volunteer Baker Street: Profile of a haunted London pub
9 December 2018
Essex’s Top 13 Scariest Haunted Places
2 October 2020
Sma’ Shot Cottages Surprise Haunting in Paisley
18 February 2013
horror & fantasy films
Lionel Atwill’s 7 maddest and baddest scientists
27 August 2020
13 Fantastic Hammer Horror Poster Tag Lines
20 November 2013
The Comedy of Terrors 1963 REVIEW
9 March 2022
16 September 2013
Castle Sinister 1932: Story Behind Lost British Horror Film
21 October 2018
The Descent 2005: 10 fun facts you didn’t know
8 November 2016
television
Most Haunted The Stage Show REVIEW
16 April 2024
1 January 2024
6 December 2023
Home: Ghosts BBC (S5, E2) EPISODE REVIEW
13 October 2023
Shadows (S2, E3): The Inheritance REVIEW
22 July 2022
Top 5 Spaced Horror Film References
24 November 2022
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Dandelions in Folklore and Superstition
11 May 2019
The Corpse Bird: A Guide to Welsh Owl Folklore
21 June 2019
Dirleton Castle: Dark Remains of Brutal Scottish Witch Trials
15 September 2023
28 April 2023
Birch Trees Folklore: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
16 July 2023
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
Dark history
Does Cursed Painting At Nags Head Pub Shrewsbury Cause Insanity?
24 November 2016
20 Spooky Dublin Facts You Never Knew!
1 December 2016
25 December 2012
Gibbeted: The Last Live Gibbeting in England
20 July 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
Dr Jekyll and Mr Seek BOOK REVIEW
19 February 2026
UFOS & ALIENS
Attacked by a UFO: The Robert Taylor Incident
19 October 2019
The Curious Tale Of The A70 UFO Incident
23 June 2023
UK Beginners Guide to UFOs VIDEO
28 September 2023
Cedric Allingham’s Flyer Saucer: A UFO Hoax But A Good One
6 October 2023
The Alien Autopsy Scandal, A Very British Con
22 June 2026
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
What Is The Loch Ness Monster?
5 November 2014
What Is The Monstrous Big Grey Man Of Ben Mac Dhui?
25 October 2017
Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death
27 November 2016
The Pig-Man Roams Cannock Chase
24 July 2013
How The Loch Ness Monster Was Used For Political Propaganda
15 February 2015
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Are Time Slips Caused by Paranormal Memory Tampering?
23 August 2023
Precognition: I Saw House Fire Before It Happened
24 October 2023
The Mysterious Angel of the Thames
23 July 2013
The Time Slips of Bold Street, Liverpool
22 May 2022
