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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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Halloween Poems to Read by Candlelight 2025
4 October 2025
Dudley Castle’s Halloween Anniversary Ghost
7 October 2022
How To Make An Authentic Turnip Jack o’Lantern for Halloween
15 October 2022
ghosts & hauntings
5 Haunted Scottish Highlands Hotels to Visit
7 February 2013
Hammersmith Ghost And Other Legal Ghost Stories for Christmas
15 December 2023
Halifax: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
15 September 2022
Haunted Kirkstall Abbey: Leeds’ Ghostly Gem
15 January 2025
The Beast That Terrorised RAF Alconbury
10 September 2018
Fisherman’s Cot, Home To Good And Evil Spirits
28 July 2019
horror & fantasy films
10 An American Werewolf In London Facts You Didn’t Know
23 October 2017
29 October 2017
Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9 3/4 REVIEW
7 January 2013
Tales From The Crypt 1972 REVIEW
31 October 2017
The Mask of Fu Manchu 1932 REVIEW
30 August 2013
4 October 2017
television
Thriller (S4, E3): Night Is The Time For Killing REVIEW
6 February 2021
Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World (1980) EPISODE GUIDE
16 December 2021
Ghosts BBC Series 1 (2019) Episode Guide
18 October 2020
In Search of Dracula 2020 TV REVIEW
19 February 2020
Armchair Thriller (S2, E01-06): The Victim REVIEW
15 November 2024
Shadows (S2, E2) Time Out Of Mind REVIEW
8 July 2022
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
What Lurks In Dartmoor’s Wistman’s Woods?
20 May 2020
Gurning Man of Glasgow Mystery: The truth revealed!
17 July 2019
How To Protect Against The Evil Eye
30 November 2023
Familiars: A Guide To Witches’ Companions
28 October 2023
Mugwort: 9 Traditional Uses and Superstitions You Must Know
18 September 2023
Dark history
Dublin’s 7 Creepiest Cathedrals and Churches
30 November 2021
Helen Duncan, The Fate of Britain’s Last Jailed Witch
6 December 2011
What are the Arthur’s Seat Coffins?
26 December 2021
Britain’s 5 Most Sinister Abandoned Mental Asylums
3 April 2015
30 May 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
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
10 October 2023
Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies
29 November 2023
The Alien Autopsy Scandal, A Very British Con
22 June 2026
Dargle Cottage UFO Investigation, A Cautionary Tale
16 October 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death
27 November 2016
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW
1 January 2024
What Is The Monstrous Big Grey Man Of Ben Mac Dhui?
25 October 2017
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
The Mysterious Angel of the Thames
23 July 2013
Christmas Eve Tale of Crisis Apparitions in Waterford and Cork
23 December 2022
The Bizarre Kersey Time Slip Mystery
27 October 2023
What were the Death Tokens of Wales?
23 January 2013
There’s Something Mysterious About Milton Keynes
26 August 2013
Time Slips: What Is It and How Does It Happen?
29 November 2012
