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The Hanging Cell, Walton Jail’s Chilling Ghost Legend
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4 August 2026
Employee of the Dead: The Zombie Film 20 Years in the Making
Haunted Charlie Hall
29 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
Halloween the Beginning: Ireland’s Cave of Cats
21 October 2023
Inside Number 9: ‘Dead Line’ Live Halloween Special 2018 REVIEW
29 October 2018
ghosts & hauntings
The Ghost of Gressenhall, Norfolk
18 October 2013
Ghostly Whispers from Haydock Lodge Asylum
24 September 2023
Godalming’s Star Inn Ghostly Secrets Revealed
7 July 2023
horror & fantasy films
13 October 2014
12 February 2015
14 May 2012
Michael Gough, Essential Player in UK Horror Boom
20 August 2017
Death Line aka Raw Meat 1972 REVIEW
12 March 2014
3 February 2014
television
Lochs Of Fun With The Family Ness
9 March 2024
Shadows (S3, E4): The Boy Merlin
13 August 2023
During Barty’s Party: Beasts REVIEW
12 March 2018
Thriller (S4, E2): Nurse Will Make It Better REVIEW
24 January 2021
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Vampires Discovered In 8th Century Ireland
23 October 2013
24 May 2012
What is Sighthill Park Stone Circle in Glasgow?
20 December 2012
3 October 2020
Dark history
Curses and Violence Engulf Pittenweem Witch Hunt
1 April 2024
5 Bloody Moments in Violent Sporting History
27 July 2012
Who was St Osyth and The Witches’ Cage, Essex?
12 November 2013
5 English Pubs With Skulls And Other Dark Objects
18 January 2022
23 April 2012
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
Dargle Cottage UFO Investigation, A Cautionary Tale
16 October 2023
The Sheerness UFO Incident: Britain’s First Great Aerial Mystery
12 September 2025
Berwyn Mountains UFO Crash, Britain’s Area 51
27 July 2019
The Alien Autopsy Scandal, A Very British Con
22 June 2026
Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW
11 November 2023
Did Ancient UFOs Commit Alien Abductions in England in 664AD?
7 September 2022
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Cryptid Worms: Legend and Lore
4 January 2019
St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster
8 November 2014
Adventures in Cryptozoology: Interview with Richard Freeman
24 September 2019
The Man-Monkey of Shropshire Union Canal
26 January 2022
Where Have Alien Big Cat Been Spotted In Wales?
21 June 2019
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Precognition: I Saw House Fire Before It Happened
24 October 2023
When Archaeology Meets the Psi Factor
2 January 2026
Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament
21 February 2025
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
10 October 2023
The Crisis Apparition of John Bonnell
21 November 2023
