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13 of Queen Elizabeth I’s victims still haunting England
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24 June 2026
Cemeteries and Burial Places Ghosts and Hauntings
The Torsoless Figure at Halfway Cemetery on the Isle of Sheppey
Guest Writer
19 June 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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Nos Galan Gaeaf, Halloween in Wales’ Strangest Customs
5 October 2023
Exploring British Halloween TV Specials
2 October 2023
ghosts & hauntings
Ghostly Convicts Lurk Within Wormwood Scrubs Prison
31 August 2019
Barnet’s 10 Most Haunted Places To Visit
3 December 2021
Armagh: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
8 March 2020
Haunted Heptonstall: The Ghosts of Yorkshire’s Most Chilling Village
10 February 2026
Portsmouth’s 5 Haunted Places To Visit
12 November 2019
Phantom Monks Haunt St Dunstan’s Church, East Acton
28 June 2019
horror & fantasy films
18 July 2012
14 October 2017
Frankenstein’s Worst Assistants Of All Time
31 May 2012
8 November 2017
The Dinosaur Project 2012 REVIEW
6 March 2016
A Cultural Exchange, Euro Horror Visits Britain
30 May 2014
television
Shadows (S3, E2): The Rose of Puddle Fratrum
29 May 2023
The Muckleburgh Collection, Most Haunted REVIEW
4 July 2014
Gorilla War: Ghosts BBC (S1, E2) REVIEW
12 April 2024
Thriller (S6, E5): Kill Two Birds REVIEW
16 October 2021
Shadows (S3, E6): The Silver Apple
25 October 2023
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
28 April 2023
The Deadly River Hags of England
15 June 2021
12 October 2014
Morfa Colliery: Mining Superstitions and Ghostly Forewarnings
2 December 2023
11 April 2012
Dark history
Who was St Osyth and The Witches’ Cage, Essex?
12 November 2013
Mrs Baird’s Burden Or The Ghost of Chaplains’ Court
31 December 2012
The Last King To Die On English Soil
15 September 2013
Rainy Day Tour in Brompton Cemetery
10 February 2013
5 English Pubs With Skulls And Other Dark Objects
18 January 2022
Literature
Who is Dracula’s Father? BOOK REVIEW
15 April 2026
D.E.V.I.L by Jill Lincoln BOOK REVIEW
18 March 2026
Dr Jekyll and Mr Seek BOOK REVIEW
19 February 2026
UFOS & ALIENS
The Great Flying Saucer Hoax: How a 1967 Student Prank Fooled Britain
19 September 2025
7 Strangest Ireland UFO Sightings
19 February 2020
5 Unexplained UFO Sightings in London
30 June 2019
Dargle Cottage UFO Investigation, A Cautionary Tale
16 October 2023
Berwyn Mountains UFO Crash, Britain’s Area 51
27 July 2019
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Do Real-Life Monsters Stalk Our Moors, Lakes And Mountains?
22 September 2019
Alien Big Cat Sightings Claw Through Kent
12 November 2023
Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW
1 January 2024
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
Adventures in Cryptozoology: Interview with Richard Freeman
24 September 2019
Two Great Beasts: Aleister Crowley And the Loch Ness Monster
28 November 2020
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Meet Bill Ramsey, The Southend Werewolf
3 November 2022
Why Do Mystics, Misfits and Madmen Fascinate Us?
21 October 2023
Lord Dufferin and his Moonlit Vision
29 September 2014
‘Help Me, Help Me! Suzie’s Dying!’
2 October 2022
Eilean Mor’s Empty Lighthouse Mystery
13 July 2014
How Hypnosis Helped Me to See a Ghost
24 April 2012
