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Lammas and Lughnasadh: Britain’s Ancient August Festival
Spooky Isles
26 July 2026
The Forgotten Ghost of Windermere: How the Claife Crier Inspired a Novel
Guest Writer
21 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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Spooky Halloween Fun For The Whole Family
9 October 2022
Halloween the Beginning: Ireland’s Cave of Cats
21 October 2023
ghosts & hauntings
10 Scariest Banshee Hauntings in Ireland
7 July 2019
Decoding Paranormal Frights: Could They Be Warnings?
20 July 2026
Lumphanan: Murder and Ghosts in Aberdeenshire
12 April 2020
Barrhead: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
28 September 2018
Inside Ballyseede Castle, Ireland’s Most Haunted Hotel
12 January 2020
horror & fantasy films
20 June 2013
6 November 2023
6 December 2020
11 November 2014
15 April 2015
5 March 2015
television
Athelhampton Hall, Most Haunted REVIEW
23 July 2014
Gorilla War: Ghosts BBC (S1, E2) REVIEW
12 April 2024
The Haunted Airman 2006 TV REVIEW
17 February 2015
Thriller (S2, E1): Only A Scream Away REVIEW
11 August 2017
Emily’s Room: Uncanny (S2, E4) TV REVIEW
1 March 2025
Small Prophets brings Alchemy and Homunculi to the BBC
13 February 2026
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Pearlin’ Jean: A Ghost Story Of Umpteen Variations
30 December 2015
The Duergar, The Dwarves of Simonside Hills
30 July 2013
Mermaid Of Zennor, Cornwall’s Mysterious Maritime Tale
21 November 2020
Strange British Love Spells and Curses
20 January 2013
The Vampire Rabbit of Newcastle Upon Tyne
14 December 2025
The Supernatural Side of Stonehenge
19 October 2023
Dark history
John Horwood: Was Justice Served or Was He a Victim?
24 August 2025
8 September 2012
The Curious Case Of Water Stratford’s Crazed Cult
21 February 2018
Haunted Kirkcaldy Book Reveals ‘Testimony of the Dead’
26 August 2015
Holy Trinity Church, The Bone Crypt of Rothwell
21 January 2025
Why Witches Were Safer In Wales
15 October 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
Greater Manchester: A Hub of UFO Activity?
23 February 2023
Berwyn Mountains UFO Crash, Britain’s Area 51
27 July 2019
How I Started Hunting Ghosts And UFOs: Dr Robert Young
3 January 2024
The Alien Autopsy Scandal, A Very British Con
22 June 2026
UK Beginners Guide to UFOs VIDEO
28 September 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
10 Loch Ness Monster Facts You Didn’t Know
1 September 2023
St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster
8 November 2014
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
Is Bolam Lake home to Northumberland’s Man-Beast?
29 September 2013
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Lord Dufferin and his Moonlit Vision
29 September 2014
Why Do Mystics, Misfits and Madmen Fascinate Us?
21 October 2023
The Magnus Archives Episode 1: Anglerfish REVIEW
7 December 2021
‘Help Me, Help Me! Suzie’s Dying!’
2 October 2022
The Supernatural Side of Stonehenge
19 October 2023
Is Spontaneous Human Combustion Real?
16 February 2015
