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D.E.V.I.L by Jill Lincoln BOOK REVIEW
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40 Death Folklore and Superstitions You Should Know
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7 Loch Ness Monster Films, Nessie on Screen
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Is Finchale Priory Durham’s Most Haunted Ruins?
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Dracula, National Youth Theatre REVIEW
7 March 2026
The Fu Manchu Cycle of Harry Alan Towers
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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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Psychoville Halloween Special: You’d Be Foolish To Miss It
25 November 2017
Halloween Monsters Crawl Out From Real Irish Folklore
6 October 2017
Dudley Castle’s Halloween Anniversary Ghost
7 October 2022
ghosts & hauntings
2:22 A Ghost Story PLAY REVIEW
6 September 2021
JASON D. BRAWN says 2:22 A Ghost Story is the most chilling play he’s seen since The Woman in Black. Here’s his review of the Danny Robins’ penned play.
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The Ghosts and Hauntings of the Treasurer’s House, York
24 March 2026
Locals Reveal Ghost Encounters at Powis House, Aberdeen
23 March 2026
Is Finchale Priory Durham’s Most Haunted Ruins?
8 March 2026
The Grey Lady Ghost of Chetham’s Library
2 March 2026
horror & fantasy films
8 November 2017
Lionel Atwill, Horror Star’s Hollywood Sex Scandal
6 April 2013
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943 REVIEW
29 May 2014
The Snarling Mixes Laughs With Old School Horror
23 April 2015
Darby O’Gill and The Little People 1959 REVIEW
17 March 2012
television
Detectorists and the Ghosts Beneath the Field
21 February 2026
Small Prophets brings Alchemy and Homunculi to the BBC
13 February 2026
8 February 2026
The Room in the Tower TV REVIEW
31 December 2025
BBC’S The Read: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Reece Shearsmith REVIEW
11 November 2025
Sapphire & Steel, Assignment II: The Railway Station 1979 REVIEW
19 October 2025
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
40 Death Folklore and Superstitions You Should Know
12 March 2026
Daffodils: 10 Superstition and Folklore You Didn’t Know
27 February 2026
Hooden Horse Folklore of East Kent
17 February 2026
Dark history
Martha Ray’s Grave in Elstree: A Georgian Murder Remembered
20 February 2026
Old Cankey, Middleton’s Most Notorious Grave Robber
5 February 2026
The Manchester Mummy Won’t Stay Dead
21 January 2026
When Archaeology Meets the Psi Factor
2 January 2026
Corpse Roads: Walking England’s Ghostly Paths of the Dead
29 December 2025
Literature
D.E.V.I.L by Jill Lincoln BOOK REVIEW
18 March 2026
Dr Jekyll and Mr Seek BOOK REVIEW
19 February 2026
Lily’s Monster by Cliff McNish BOOK REVIEW
8 November 2025
UFOS & ALIENS
The Great Flying Saucer Hoax: How a 1967 Student Prank Fooled Britain
19 September 2025
Neil Nixon: Why We Still Don’t Know the Truth About UFOs
16 September 2025
The Sheerness UFO Incident: Britain’s First Great Aerial Mystery
12 September 2025
UFOs Over Britain by Neil R Storey BOOK REVIEW
29 August 2025
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
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
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
When Archaeology Meets the Psi Factor
2 January 2026
Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?
21 April 2025
10 March 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
