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Ghosts and Hauntings Uncategorised
Does Princess Diana Haunt Althorp House?
Spooky Isles
30 August 2026
The Cardinal’s Hat Haunting: Who Is the Girl in White?
Spooky Isles
29 August 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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Jack O’Lantern: 13 Things You Didn’t Know
7 October 2018
Psychoville Halloween Special: You’d Be Foolish To Miss It
25 November 2017
ghosts & hauntings
Haunting of Dumbarton Castle, Scotland
30 December 2024
Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel: Where Nature Meets The Supernatural
15 October 2018
Newquay’s Scariest Haunted Places to Visit
4 October 2020
Demonic Possession Cases Still Shock And Terrify Ireland
19 January 2017
The Demon Bride of County Monaghan
6 September 2014
My Ghost Experience: Provand’s Lordship, Glasgow
1 November 2016
horror & fantasy films
The Man Who Changed His Mind 1936 REVIEW
4 October 2013
The Comedy of Terrors 1963 REVIEW
9 March 2022
Taryn Barker Demon Hunter director Zoe Kavanagh interview
24 November 2014
television
Thriller (series 1, episode 9): The Eyes Have It (1973) REVIEW
23 February 2017
The Stalls of Barchester 1971 REVIEW
24 December 2021
26 April 2024
Dracula BBC 2020 Complete Episode Guide
15 January 2020
Jamaica Inn, Most Haunted REVIEW
23 March 2015
Penny Dreadful, Episode One, TV REVIEW
20 May 2014
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Evil Earth Magnetism of Bass of Inverurie, Scotland
7 April 2020
Daffodils: 10 Superstition and Folklore You Didn’t Know
27 February 2026
British Flowers: Superstition and Folklore
11 June 2021
40 Death Folklore and Superstitions You Should Know
12 March 2026
Dearg Due, Demon Brides And Other Irish Femme Fatale
12 March 2015
How to Spot a Fairy Tree in Ireland
17 May 2026
Dark history
The Outcast Dead: Unconsecrated Burials in the Midlands
15 March 2023
25 September 2013
Beyond the Graves of Layton Cemetery REVIEW
18 September 2025
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
7 Strangest Ireland UFO Sightings
19 February 2020
The Sheerness UFO Incident: Britain’s First Great Aerial Mystery
12 September 2025
Greater Manchester: A Hub of UFO Activity?
23 February 2023
How I Started Hunting Ghosts And UFOs: Dr Robert Young
3 January 2024
5 Unexplained UFO Sightings in London
30 June 2019
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
Did Elliott O’Donnell Meet Bigfoot?
2 July 2020
Do Real-Life Monsters Stalk Our Moors, Lakes And Mountains?
22 September 2019
Mystery Animals of The Lothians
4 June 2024
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
Loch Ness Monster Mania – 1933-style
18 May 2012
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Christmas Eve Tale of Crisis Apparitions in Waterford and Cork
23 December 2022
The Magnus Archives Episode 1: Anglerfish REVIEW
7 December 2021
The Mysterious Locked Room Death of Thomas Farrant
7 January 2023
The Bizarre Kersey Time Slip Mystery
27 October 2023
The Dodleston Messages: A Mystery From The Beyond?
27 July 2022
Who was Gef the Talking Mongoose?
17 April 2014
