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Who is the Little Girl Ghost of Chester’s Queen Hotel?
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13 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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Inside Number 9: ‘Dead Line’ Live Halloween Special 2018 REVIEW
29 October 2018
Why FEAR at Avon Valley leads the UK scare scene
2 November 2025
Ireland’s Púca Festival: A Different Kind of Halloween
27 October 2024
ghosts & hauntings
Newtownards and Comber: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
8 March 2016
Ghosts of RAF Air Museum, London
17 October 2024
Bury St Edmunds: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
7 January 2022
The Enfield Haunting Shapes Paranormal History
19 August 2024
Did a Boggart or Headless Lady cause traffic accident?
11 November 2016
horror & fantasy films
19 February 2015
Oliver Reed’s 11 Best Horror Films To Watch
24 November 2017
21 August 2013
The Hole in the Ground 2019 REVIEW
10 June 2019
The Woman in Black Facts: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
13 March 2017
television
Catweazle: Time-Travelling Wizard Warms Our Hearts
16 October 2023
Emily’s Room: Uncanny (S2, E4) TV REVIEW
1 March 2025
The Hellfire Caves Most Haunted REVIEW
14 November 2017
Is Most Haunted Fake, Real Or Somewhere In Between?
6 November 2017
Young Dracula: Something To Get Your Fangs Into
15 November 2023
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Dullahan: Ireland’s Headless Horseman
11 November 2014
5 Folklore Legends From Cambridgeshire
12 May 2021
5 Fairies You Might Spot In Scotland
13 August 2022
15 February 2021
Bee superstition: A matter of life and death
14 July 2020
Dark Origins of Halloween: The Night The Dead Haunts The Living
29 October 2012
Dark history
Kate Cherrell’s Top 5 English Cemeteries
7 June 2020
The Silent Pool’s Legacy of Medieval Surrey Murder
4 November 2014
Rainy Day Tour in Brompton Cemetery
10 February 2013
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
Weirdest England UFO Encounters from History
31 March 2019
The Great Flying Saucer Hoax: How a 1967 Student Prank Fooled Britain
19 September 2025
John Warren’s 1943 Close Encounter in Norfolk
29 September 2023
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
10 October 2023
Flap Over Broad Haven UFO Encounters
23 August 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
The Man-Monkey of Shropshire Union Canal
26 January 2022
Where Have Alien Big Cat Been Spotted In Wales?
21 June 2019
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster
8 November 2014
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
10 October 2023
Precognition: I Saw House Fire Before It Happened
24 October 2023
Time Slips with Dr Ann Winsper INTERVIEW
16 February 2022
