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Vicars Close, Wells: The Street That Time Forgot
21 June 2025

The Baby in the Basket 2025 REVIEW
11 June 2025

Murder and Dripping Fat: Kate Webster Horrors
7 June 2025

Haunted Waters of the Roman Baths of Bath
2 June 2025

The Unquiet Grave Reminds Us: Let the Dead Rest
27 May 2025
ghosts and hauntings
Vicars Close, Wells: The Street That Time Forgot
21 June 2025
Vicars’ Close in Wells, Somerset, is Europe’s oldest inhabited street and a place where ghostly encounters and timeless architecture blend into a hauntingly atmospheric experience
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Haunted Waters of the Roman Baths of Bath
2 June 2025

Gawsworth Hall: A Haunted Gem in Cheshire
16 April 2025

Scarborough: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
30 March 2025
horror and fantasy films

The Baby in the Basket 2025 REVIEW
11 June 2025

The Horror Films of Skip Martin
11 April 2025
television

Emily’s Room: Uncanny (S2, E4) TV REVIEW
1 March 2025

Ace of Wands: Forgotten Cult Classic That Refuses To Die
23 February 2025
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION

Whispering Mysteries of the Rollright Stones
9 May 2025

10 Enchanting Secrets of the Hawthorn Tree
30 April 2025

Glastonbury Tor’s Magical Mystery Tour
11 April 2025
Dark history

Murder and Dripping Fat: Kate Webster Horrors
7 June 2025

Bartlow Hills, the Pyramids of Essex
23 April 2025
Literature

Christabel: Coleridge’s Unfinished Vampire Poem
31 March 2025

The Magician: W. Somerset Maugham’s Lost Horror Classic
18 January 2025
UFOS & ALIENS

The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island
19 April 2024

How I Started Hunting Ghosts And UFOs: Dr Robert Young
3 January 2024

Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies
29 November 2023

Phantoms In The Night Or ETs? BOOK REVIEW
17 November 2023

Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW
11 November 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY

The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
17 January 2025

Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024

Mystery Animals of The Lothians
4 June 2024

Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW
1 January 2024

Alien Big Cat Sightings Claw Through Kent
12 November 2023

In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA

Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?
21 April 2025

Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament
21 February 2025

Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen
9 September 2024

Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis
26 March 2024

The Crisis Apparition of John Bonnell
21 November 2023
EDITOR’S PICKS
film reviews
To the Devil a Daughter 1976 REVIEW
13 March 2015
To the Devil a Daughter 1976 is one of Hammer’s least successful horrors but it’s better than you think, says DAVID SAUNDERSON

The Evil Beneath Loch Ness 2001 REVIEW
28 May 2015

Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein 1948 REVIEW
12 September 2018

Straight On Till Morning 1972 REVIEW
13 February 2023