Welcome to spooky isles
Lychgates, Britain’s Forgotten Gates of the Dead
Spooky Isles
3 July 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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Jack O’Lantern: 13 Things You Didn’t Know
7 October 2018
Discover Halloween’s Scottish Origins
14 October 2014
Hop tu Naa: A Isle of Man Celebration
26 October 2023
Halloween the Beginning: Ireland’s Cave of Cats
21 October 2023
ghosts & hauntings
Derby’s Saddest Ghost: Hangman John Crossland
22 June 2013
5 Haunted Places in Loughborough
27 March 2026
Paranormal Middlesbrough and Teeside by Steve Watson BOOK REVIEW
17 September 2024
10 Haunted Places in Blackpool
22 September 2025
The Exorcism of Bobby Bawn of County Westmeath
9 December 2022
Ghosts of St Mary’s Lighthouse, Whitley Bay
20 April 2026
horror & fantasy films
UK Haunters: Journey Into British Scare Attractions
22 October 2019
Love At First Bite 1979 REVIEW
2 November 2024
5 December 2020
Witchfinder General 1968: 20 Shocking Facts You Never Knew!
31 October 2017
17 January 2013
Alien 1979: A Sci-Fi Horror Iconoclast
10 May 2012
television
Young Dracula: Something To Get Your Fangs Into
15 November 2023
Charleville Forest Castle, Most Haunted REVIEW
19 August 2019
23 September 2024
Against the Crowd: Murrain 1975 REVIEW
1 December 2016
19 July 2014
Ordsall Hall Most Haunted REVIEW
28 March 2015
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
St Piran: Who Was Cornwall’s Patron Saint?
5 March 2023
Irish Pig Folklore: 10 Strange and Sacred Facts
24 September 2025
St Armel, a Saint of Arthurian greatness
26 July 2012
What are Witch Bottles? A Brief History
23 September 2012
Shocking Child Demonic Possession Cases in Medieval England
29 August 2017
Scottish Mermaid Real Life Tales
25 January 2023
Dark history
10 Medieval Death Rituals from England’s Past
18 May 2026
Reading Gaol’s Last Man Hanged: John Gould
19 July 2012
Black Dog of Newgate: A Phantom Prisoner’s Revenge?
29 April 2023
The Outcast Dead: Unconsecrated Burials in the Midlands
15 March 2023
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
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
10 October 2023
Weirdest England UFO Encounters from History
31 March 2019
The Mince Pie Martians And The Housewife
21 September 2023
4 Sceptical Reasons Against Alien Abduction
21 June 2019
Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies
29 November 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
10 Loch Ness Monster Facts You Didn’t Know
1 September 2023
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
28 October 2022
Pype Hayes Park Murder Coincidences Mystify Experts
21 February 2023
Christmas Eve Tale of Crisis Apparitions in Waterford and Cork
23 December 2022
Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?
13 June 2012
