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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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Spooky Isles Halloween Radio Show 2021
26 October 2021
Teanlay Night: A Fylde Coast Halloween
4 October 2023
Ireland’s Púca Festival: A Different Kind of Halloween
27 October 2024
ghosts & hauntings
A Christmas Carol 1984 TV Review: Being a Ghost Story of Shrewsbury
22 December 2016
Dudley Station Hotel Spooked By George’s Ghost
10 October 2019
10 Ghost Monks Of London And Where To Find Them
19 June 2024
County Durham Ghost Tour: Create Your Own Itinerary
3 March 2024
Haunted Waters of the Roman Baths of Bath
2 June 2025
horror & fantasy films
3 July 2025
Don’t Open Till Christmas 1984 REVIEW
19 December 2022
Séance on a Wet Afternoon 1964 REVIEW
6 April 2022
28 May 2020
television
Night of the Marionettes, Supernatural 1977 (E7)
2 October 2023
Hooray! Ripper Street Has Been Saved!
26 February 2014
Dracula BBC 2020 Episode One: The Rules of the Beast REVIEW
2 January 2020
Blackadder’s Christmas Carol 1988 TV REVIEW
23 December 2020
Greengate Brewery Most Haunted REVIEW
24 March 2015
Ghosts BBC Series 1 (2019) Episode Guide
18 October 2020
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
The Beetle and Dracula: A Gothic Rivalry
7 May 2023
15 March 2023
Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death
27 November 2016
From Sirens to Nymphs: A Short History of Mermaids
10 April 2012
5 Folklore Legends From Cambridgeshire
12 May 2021
Vine Folklore: Myths and Magic in the UK and Ireland
26 March 2025
Dark history
Dick Turpin: Dark Truth behind England’s Infamous Highwayman
20 September 2013
Aberdeen Witch Trials Frenzy Sparks Terror
4 August 2024
How Ghosts Helped Discover Sutton Hoo’s Royal Treasure
25 March 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
The Great Flying Saucer Hoax: How a 1967 Student Prank Fooled Britain
19 September 2025
Winston Churchill WW2 UFO coverup exposed!
17 June 2019
5 Unexplained UFO Sightings in London
30 June 2019
The Sheerness UFO Incident: Britain’s First Great Aerial Mystery
12 September 2025
Charles Jevington’s Mysterious Journey to the Stars
13 August 2022
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Where Have Alien Big Cat Been Spotted In Wales?
21 June 2019
Yeth Hounds and Alien Big Cats VIDEO
7 June 2020
Do Real-Life Monsters Stalk Our Moors, Lakes And Mountains?
22 September 2019
The Man-Monkey of Shropshire Union Canal
26 January 2022
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
The Mysterious Locked Room Death of Thomas Farrant
7 January 2023
Why Do Mystics, Misfits and Madmen Fascinate Us?
21 October 2023
Who was Gef the Talking Mongoose?
17 April 2014
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
Are Time Slips Caused by Paranormal Memory Tampering?
23 August 2023
Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament
21 February 2025
