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Burton Agnes Hall, England’s most horrifying haunting
Burton Agnes Hall, one of England’s greatest hauntings, has been engulfed in terrifying spectral goings on for centuries, says RICK HALE
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Carry On Screaming! 10 things you didn’t know
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The Children and 'Blood Relations' of Dracula in Film History
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Where to find the ghostly wives of King Henry VIII: A Paranormal Guide
Guest writer TAYLA McRAE lists the haunts of the ghostly former wives of King Henry VIII
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Richard Cabell, Devon’s Most Notorious Squire
Guest writer MARK NORMAN looks at the dark legend surrounding the 'evil' Squire Richard of Devon, including black dogs!
Reflecting on Bram Stoker’s Dracula
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Does the ghost of Mary Shelley’s sister haunt Swansea?
KELLY HAMBLY tells us the tragic tale of how the author of Frankenstein's sister committed suicide in Wales
The Hunger (1983) REVIEW
JAMES E. PARSON reviews the stylish vampire horror flick The Hunger (1983)
The Ghost Bus of Ladbroke Grove
MJ WAYLAND describes a phantom speeding double-decker in 1930s Kensington
Why Pinhead Tattoo is on my Arm
ANDY STEWART explains why he has a Pinhead tattoo on his arm
Should paranormal investigators tell ghosts they’re dead?
Guest writer CLARISSA VAZQUEZ says some spirits might not know they're dead!
Aberglasney Gardens: Beware the Corpse Candles
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Werewolves of Wales: Everything you need to know
RHEA SEREN PHILLIPS shines a light on the Werewolves of Wales!
Reading Goal’s Last Man Hanged: John Gould
NICOLA CARPENTER describes the unspeakably brutal crime that lead the last man to be hanged at Reading Gaol
My Ghost Experience: The Grey Lady of Whitby
ROB LUPINE remembers some spooky goings-on during his childhood in the Yorkshire coastal town of Whitby
Plymouth's most famous ghost haunts White Lady Road
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Witch of Saratoga, Northampton’s forgotten magickal emigrant
Angeline Tubbs left England in 1761 and became the infamous Witch of Saratoga, writes JJ MERRYWEATHER