Welcome to spooky isles
Harry Called: Is this Uncanny’s perfect M.R. James ghost story?
David Saunderson
5 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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Halloween the Beginning: Ireland’s Cave of Cats
21 October 2023
Dudley Castle’s Halloween Anniversary Ghost
7 October 2022
Edinburgh’s Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit at Halloween
21 January 2013
ghosts & hauntings
The Haunting of Donkey Wood, West London
18 October 2022
Was The Enfield Poltergeist Mother The Focus Of The Haunting?
8 November 2017
Newry City Ghost Tours, Purveyors of Dark Tourism In Ireland!
12 October 2015
Ghostly Dunwich and Coastal Horrors
18 March 2015
Duckett’s Grove, Carlow’s Hidden Haunted Hotspot
26 October 2014
horror & fantasy films
Carry On Screaming! 1966 REVIEW
9 November 2014
1 October 2017
18 July 2012
Top 10 Classic British Zombie Films You Shouldn’t Miss!
20 November 2016
27 March 2015
20 October 2017
television
6 Surprising Christmas Carol TV Specials
17 December 2011
Lochs Of Fun With The Family Ness
9 March 2024
The Thomas Thorne Affair: Ghosts BBC (S2, E4) REVIEW
31 July 2024
5 Chilling TV Christmas Specials by the Seaside
15 December 2017
23 September 2024
Dracula Mystery and Imagination 1968 REVIEW
9 January 2013
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
The Morrigan: Ireland’s Darkest Goddess
6 March 2021
The Green Man: A Verdant Deity of Pagan Lore
2 January 2025
Gelert, the Faithful Hound and his Grave
29 July 2014
Pearlin’ Jean: A Ghost Story Of Umpteen Variations
30 December 2015
Top 10 Most Disturbing Welsh Folk Legends
21 June 2017
Dark history
Murder and Martyrdom, 7 Irish Saints and Sinners
17 March 2016
Pendle Witches Guide: Where In The Hill To Find Them
7 March 2017
Meet The Gypsy Queen of Norwood
5 September 2022
John Christie: The 10 Rillington Place Murders
13 June 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
UFOS & ALIENS
Attacked by a UFO: The Robert Taylor Incident
19 October 2019
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
The Alien Autopsy Scandal, A Very British Con
22 June 2026
High Wycombe UFO: The Tale of William Robert Loosley
29 September 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
The Man-Monkey of Shropshire Union Canal
26 January 2022
Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death
27 November 2016
Adventures in Cryptozoology: Interview with Richard Freeman
24 September 2019
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Ley Lines in the British Isles: Your Essential Guide
27 October 2021
The Supernatural Side of Stonehenge
19 October 2023
How Hypnosis Helped Me to See a Ghost
24 April 2012
Is Spontaneous Human Combustion Real?
16 February 2015
Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?
21 April 2025
Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?
13 June 2012
