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Haunted Hotels and Pubs

Landlord reveals haunted secrets of the Ring O’ Bells, Middleton

Folklore

Paranormal Britain wins Katharine Briggs Award 2026

Television

Chiller (1995): Number Six TV REVIEW

Television

Tales of Frankenstein (1958) REVIEW

Folklore

The fairy abduction of Anne Jeffries of St Teath

Ghosts & Hauntings

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Britannia Adelphi Hotel: Liverpool’s most haunted place to stay!

Fisherman’s Cot, Home To Good And Evil Spirits

Spooky Letchworth Garden City: Tales From Haunted North Hertfordshire

Armagh: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Staffordshire: 10 Haunted Places to Visit

Carrickfergus: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Reading: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Temple Newsam: Yorkshire’s Most Haunted House

Dunnottar Castle, the Haunted Scottish Fortress

Skirrid Mountain Inn, A Must-Do For Ghost Hunters

Kirkcaldy, Fife: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Brocket Arms, A Perfect Place To Experience The Paranormal

Spooky Hermeston Hall’s Ghosts Span The Centuries

Beware Blue Bell Hill’s Phantom Hitchhiker

Carew Castle: Horrors Lurk Within Its Haunted Walls

Horror Films & Television

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Aberglasney House, Most Haunted REVIEW

Guest Writer

A Christmas Carol 2000 REVIEW

Gemma Johnson

The Evil Beneath Loch Ness 2001 REVIEW

Simon Ball

Out of the Darkness 1985: Wish I Could Remember Unforgettable Plague Film

David Saunderson

Thriller (S1, E7): A Place To Die REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

The X-Rays 1897 VIDEO

Spooky Isles

Nothing But The Night 1973 REVIEW

Stephen Mosley

The Gorgon 1964 REVIEW

Simon Ball

The Hands of Orlac 1960 REVIEW

Spooky Isles

Ghostwatch Stephen Volk Interview VIDEO

David Saunderson

Phantasm Collective Blends Mystical With Science

Ann Massey McElroy

BBC Ghost Stories REVIEW: The Stalls of Barchester/A Warning to the Curious

Adam Scovell

Tales From The Crypt 1972 REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

An American Werewolf in London inspired me, says Hugh Sterbakov

Guest Writer

The Bloody Judge 1970 REVIEW

David Saunderson

Folklore

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Superstitions

10 Mandrake Roots Facts: Mysticism, Magic and Death

Folklore Paranormal

Pearlin’ Jean: A Ghost Story Of Umpteen Variations

Folklore

Teanlay Night: A Fylde Coast Halloween

Folklore

10 Anglo-Saxon Gods You Never Knew Existed

Folklore

Discover Dark Truth Behind St Valentine, Patron Saint of Lovers!

Superstitions

Hedgehog Superstitions: 10 Strange Things You Didn’t Know

Folklore Mysterious Creatures

Glossary of British and Irish Folklore Creatures

Superstitions

Mugwort: 9 Traditional Uses and Superstitions You Must Know

Cryptozoology Mysterious Creatures

Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death

Folklore

A Goblin Funeral and the Rotting Remains of Extwistle Hall

Mysterious Creatures

The Wolf Man of Merionethshire

Mysterious Creatures

From Sirens to Nymphs: A Short History of Mermaids

Dark History

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Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings

The Many Hauntings Of Dame Alice Lisle

True Crime

Why does Jack the Ripper still matter?

Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings

The Ghosts of Bolton’s Pretoria Pit Disaster

Dark History

Was A Mummied Cat Buried In Secret Pendle Hill Witches’ Cottage?

Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings

Jeremy Bentham: The Man Who Mummified Himself

Cemeteries and Burial Places

London Necropolis Railway Station for the Dead

Dark History

Curse of the Brampton Witch’s Tea Set

Dark History

Who were the Pendle Witches?

Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings Mysterious Creatures

Black Dog of Newgate: A Phantom Prisoner’s Revenge?

Dark History

Richard Cabell, Devon’s Most Notorious Squire

Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings

The Horror Of Buckholm Tower

Cemeteries and Burial Places

What Do Grave Flowers Tell Us?

Paranormal

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Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted Hotels and Pubs

Lanyhydrock House, one of Cornwall’s most haunted places to visit

Ghosts and Hauntings

Sexy Screams Attract Buckinghamshire Poltergeist

Mysterious Phenomena

The Mysterious Angel of the Thames

Ghosts and Hauntings Paranormal Reality TV Television

Red Lion Hotel and Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker: Great British Ghosts (S1, E4)

Ghosts and Hauntings

8 Haunted English Churches You Must Visit

Paranormal Research

I’m a Psychic Medium and I Don’t Think We’ll Ever Prove Ghosts Exist!

Haunted Hotels and Pubs

14 Haunted Hotels in Cornwall for a Spooky Stay

Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted Hotels and Pubs

Top 30 Most Haunted London Pubs Guide

Ghosts and Hauntings

Armagh Gaol’s Ghosts and Hauntings: A Paranormal Investigation

Paranormal Research

Barbara Lowe, Interview with a Psychic Medium

Paranormal Research

5 Things Paranormal Investigators Do That Waste Time

Ghosts and Hauntings

Paranormal Investigator Graeme Milne on Haunted Places and Staying Sceptical

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