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UFOs/Aliens

Adrian Hicks and the Winchester alien encounter

Television

Chiller (1995): The Man Who Didn’t Believe in Ghosts TV REVIEW

Ghosts and Hauntings Theatre and Live Events

Lincoln Ghost Walk: the stories that still unsettle a guide

True Crime

Margaret Docherty: the Halloween murder that exposed Burke and Hare

Paranormal

Why are Ghosts seen wearing Bedsheets?

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Copper Face Jack, Dublin’s Hanging Judge Who Still Haunts Harcourt Street

Dreel Halls, St Adrian Of May And The Accused Witches

Haunted Torquay Museum, a treasury of ghosts

England’s Most Haunted And Deadly Roads

Ghosts Still Stalk Aylestone Hall

Does Princess Diana Haunt Althorp House?

Ghosts of the Roman Pharos, Dover Castle

Godalming’s Star Inn Ghostly Secrets Revealed

Baskerville Hall Hotel, Conan Doyle’s Haunted Inspiration

Balnagown Castle, Haunted Estate Once Owned By Mohamed Al-Fayed

Haunted Fernie Castle, Fife Scotland

Newsham Park Hospital, Liverpool’s Most Haunted Asylum Revealed

Haunted Exeter Is Alive With Paranormal Activity

Whitby Abbey, an essential guide to its hauntings

Scotland’s Most Haunted Whisky Distilleries

Horror Films & Television

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The Awakening 2011 REVIEW

David Saunderson

Zoltan Hound of Dracula 1977 REVIEW

Richard Markworth

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula 1966 REVIEW

David Saunderson

The Innocents 1961 REVIEW

LH Davies

Houdini and Doyle TV REVIEW

Matt Wingett

Legend of the Werewolf 1975 REVIEW

Terry Sherwood

The Witches 1966 REVIEW

Adam Scovell

Thriller (S5, E1): If It’s A Man, Hang Up REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

The Woman in Black Angel of Death 2015 REVIEW

Paul Adams

Happy Birthday Charles Laughton

David Saunderson

The Hands of Orlac 1960 REVIEW

Spooky Isles

The League of Gentlemen Christmas Special 2000 – Yule Never Want to Leave!

Chris Newton

A Christmas Carol 1971 TV REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

Dan Brownlie’s made a monster with Fetus-stein!

David Saunderson

Hangover Square 1945 REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

Folklore

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Superstitions

Rowan Tree Superstitions and Folklore You Didn’t Know

Esoteric Arts Folklore

11 Common British Garden Plants and How To Use Them in Magic and Folklore

Folklore

The Further Adventures of Spring Heeled Jack

Folklore

King Arthur’s Adventures In The Underworld

Folklore

Going Underground: 3 Subterranean Mining Spirits

Folklore

What is a Hand of Glory?

Folklore

Willy Howe, The Haunted Fairy Mound of East Yorkshire

Dark History Folklore

10 Deadliest Poisons In British Folklore That Will Kill You

Folklore Literature

The Beetle and Dracula: A Gothic Rivalry

Folklore

Dark origins of Halloween: The night the dead haunts the living

Folklore

Crooked Spire: The Devil in Derbyshire

Folklore

St Willibrord The Rambo Monk: They Couldn’t Stop Him!

Dark History

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Dark History

Mystery of Roanoke: How 117 English Settlers Vanished Into Thin Air

Dark History

Mysteries of Portsmouth: Strange Tales Of Pompey!

Dark History

Murder and Mystery on Arnish Moor

Cemeteries and Burial Places Ghosts and Hauntings

The Torsoless Figure at Halfway Cemetery on the Isle of Sheppey

Dark History

Dick Turpin: Dark Truth behind England’s Infamous Highwayman

Dark History

Who were the Pendle Witches?

Dark History

20 Spooky Dublin Facts You Never Knew!

Dark History

London’s Plague Pits: A Grim Guide

Dark History

Premature Burials in England

True Crime

Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman Executed in England

Dark History Esoteric Arts

Who was Susan Willis Fletcher, Convicted Spiritualist Fraud?

True Crime

13 Jack the Ripper Locations Tour Guides Won’t Show You

Paranormal

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Ghosts and Hauntings

Trerice Manor, Ghostly Tales Of Evil Lords And Headless Horsemen

Ghosts and Hauntings

Manchester: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Ghosts and Hauntings

Nottingham’s National Justice Museum, A Perfect Setting For A Ghost Hunt

Paranormal Research

Did The Scole Experiment Prove The Paranormal?

Ghosts and Hauntings

Chambercombe Manor’s Dark and Grisly Secrets

Paranormal Research

How I Became A Ghost Hunter, Steve Parsons Reveals

Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted Hotels and Pubs

The Phantom Of The Eclipse Inn, Winchester

Ghosts and Hauntings

Edinburgh: Top 30 Haunted Places to Visit

Paranormal Research

Peter Underwood Obituary, King of the Ghost Hunters

Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted Hotels and Pubs

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

Esoteric Arts

Garnet: Unleash Power of Emotional Healing

Ghosts and Hauntings

Dreel Halls, St Adrian Of May And The Accused Witches

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