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Madame Blavatsky in London: The Woman Who Reshaped the Occult

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14 July 2025

Ghosts and Hauntings

Haunted Deansgate: Secrets Beneath Manchester’s Historic Mile

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10 July 2025

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Haunting Secrets at Ireland’s Lismore Heritage Centre

Ann Massey McElroy

9 July 2025

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Ely: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Ely: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

9 July 2025

Tiddy Mun: The Bog Spirit of Lincolnshire

Tiddy Mun: The Bog Spirit of Lincolnshire

7 July 2025

Was The Wicker Man 2006 Remake a Pagan Spell or Bee Cult Fail?

Was The Wicker Man 2006 Remake a Pagan Spell or Bee Cult Fail?

5 July 2025

28 Years Later 2025 REVIEW

28 Years Later 2025 REVIEW

3 July 2025

La Belle Dame Sans Merci: John Keats’ Haunting Romance

La Belle Dame Sans Merci: John Keats’ Haunting Romance

29 June 2025

Haunted Colwick Hall Hotel Echoes with Ghosts

Haunted Colwick Hall Hotel Echoes with Ghosts

28 June 2025

William Blake’s The Sick Rose Casts Dread and Bloom

William Blake’s The Sick Rose Casts Dread and Bloom

25 June 2025

9 Haunted Castles in England You Can Visit

9 Haunted Castles in England You Can Visit

23 June 2025

ghosts & hauntings

Ghosts and Hauntings

Ravenspark Asylum: Is it Scotland’s most haunted hospital?

3 December 2017

Ravenspark Asylum in Ayrshire, Scotland, has a spooky past and present. Guest writer RICK HALE investigates…

Haunting Secrets at Ireland’s Lismore Heritage Centre

Haunting Secrets at Ireland’s Lismore Heritage Centre

9 July 2025

Ely: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Ely: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

9 July 2025

Haunted Colwick Hall Hotel Echoes with Ghosts

Haunted Colwick Hall Hotel Echoes with Ghosts

28 June 2025

9 Haunted Castles in England You Can Visit

9 Haunted Castles in England You Can Visit

23 June 2025

more ghosts & hauntings

Haunted Castles

Haunted pubs

Haunted hotels

horror & fantasy films

Circus Of Horrors 1960 BLU-RAY REVIEW

Circus Of Horrors 1960 BLU-RAY REVIEW

30 October 2020

Curse Of The Scarecrow 2018 REVIEW

Curse Of The Scarecrow 2018 REVIEW

17 May 2019

The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll 1960 REVIEW

The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll 1960 REVIEW

2 August 2013

Circus of Horrors 1960 REVIEW

Circus of Horrors 1960 REVIEW

10 October 2013

Christopher Lee and Van Helsing

Christopher Lee and Van Helsing

14 October 2013

Trog 1970 REVIEW

Trog 1970 REVIEW

9 October 2014

more horror & fantasy films

television

Sapphire & Steel – Assignment I: Escape Through A Crack In Time 1979 REVIEW

Sapphire & Steel – Assignment I: Escape Through A Crack In Time 1979 REVIEW

14 May 2025

Why the UK Version of Ghosts Still Haunts Us – And the US One Doesn’t

Why the UK Version of Ghosts Still Haunts Us – And the US One Doesn’t

11 April 2025

Dr Terrible’s House of Horrible: A Wicked Homage to Classic British Horror

Dr Terrible’s House of Horrible: A Wicked Homage to Classic British Horror

9 April 2025

Armchair Thriller (S2, originally untransmitted): The Chelsea Murders REVIEW

Armchair Thriller (S2, originally untransmitted): The Chelsea Murders REVIEW

1 March 2025

Emily’s Room: Uncanny (S2, E4) TV REVIEW

Emily’s Room: Uncanny (S2, E4) TV REVIEW

1 March 2025

Ace of Wands: Forgotten Cult Classic That Refuses To Die

Ace of Wands: Forgotten Cult Classic That Refuses To Die

23 February 2025

more television

ghost hunting

paranormal reality tv

esoteric arts

FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION

Tiddy Mun: The Bog Spirit of Lincolnshire

Tiddy Mun: The Bog Spirit of Lincolnshire

7 July 2025

Ring of Brodgar: Orkney’s Ancient Circle of Mystery

Ring of Brodgar: Orkney’s Ancient Circle of Mystery

31 May 2025

9 Fascinating Facts About Elm Superstitions in the UK and Ireland

9 Fascinating Facts About Elm Superstitions in the UK and Ireland

21 May 2025

Whispering Mysteries of the Rollright Stones

Whispering Mysteries of the Rollright Stones

9 May 2025

Black Dog of Ayrshire: Tragic Figure or Demon Dog?

Black Dog of Ayrshire: Tragic Figure or Demon Dog?

5 May 2025

10 Enchanting Secrets of the Hawthorn Tree

10 Enchanting Secrets of the Hawthorn Tree

30 April 2025

more folklore and superstition

Dark history

10 Grisly Victorian Murders That Weren’t Jack the Ripper

10 Grisly Victorian Murders That Weren’t Jack the Ripper

20 June 2025

Murder and Dripping Fat: Kate Webster Horrors

Murder and Dripping Fat: Kate Webster Horrors

7 June 2025

Tales from the Necropolis, Liverpool Ghost Tour REVIEW

Tales from the Necropolis, Liverpool Ghost Tour REVIEW

23 May 2025

St Mary’s at Lambeth: Grimoires, Graves and Curiosities

St Mary’s at Lambeth: Grimoires, Graves and Curiosities

23 May 2025

Lambeth’s Occult Secrets: David Turnbull Interview

Lambeth’s Occult Secrets: David Turnbull Interview

5 May 2025

Bartlow Hills, the Pyramids of Essex

Bartlow Hills, the Pyramids of Essex

23 April 2025

more dark history

Literature

La Belle Dame Sans Merci: John Keats’ Haunting Romance

La Belle Dame Sans Merci: John Keats’ Haunting Romance

29 June 2025

William Blake’s The Sick Rose Casts Dread and Bloom

William Blake’s The Sick Rose Casts Dread and Bloom

25 June 2025

The Count Speaks: Inside The Lost Diaries of Dracula

The Count Speaks: Inside The Lost Diaries of Dracula

26 May 2025

The Vampyre (1810): John Staag’s Gothic Tale of Love, Death and the Undead

The Vampyre (1810): John Staag’s Gothic Tale of Love, Death and the Undead

12 May 2025

The Giaour: Byron’s Undead Curse and the Birth of the Gothic Vampire

The Giaour: Byron’s Undead Curse and the Birth of the Gothic Vampire

5 May 2025

Chilling Beauty of Percy Shelley’s The Cold Earth Slept Below

Chilling Beauty of Percy Shelley’s The Cold Earth Slept Below

14 April 2025

more literature

dracula

Frankenstein

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

UFOS & ALIENS

Paranormal: The Village That Saw Aliens TV REVIEW

Paranormal: The Village That Saw Aliens TV REVIEW

8 July 2024

The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island

The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island

19 April 2024

How I Started Hunting Ghosts And UFOs: Dr Robert Young

How I Started Hunting Ghosts And UFOs: Dr Robert Young

3 January 2024

Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies

Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies

29 November 2023

Phantoms In The Night Or ETs? BOOK REVIEW

Phantoms In The Night Or ETs? BOOK REVIEW

17 November 2023

Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW

Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW

11 November 2023

more UFOs & aliens

CRYPTOZOOLOGY

The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?

The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?

17 January 2025

Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent

Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent

15 November 2024

Mystery Animals of The Lothians

Mystery Animals of The Lothians

4 June 2024

Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW

Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW

1 January 2024

Alien Big Cat Sightings Claw Through Kent

Alien Big Cat Sightings Claw Through Kent

12 November 2023

In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose

In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose

18 September 2023

more cryptozoology

MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA

Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?

Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?

21 April 2025

The Shadow Man Who Stalks Us

The Shadow Man Who Stalks Us

10 March 2025

Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament

Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament

21 February 2025

Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen

Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen

9 September 2024

Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis

Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis

26 March 2024

The Crisis Apparition of John Bonnell

The Crisis Apparition of John Bonnell

21 November 2023

more mysterious phenomena

EDITOR’S PICKS

10 Mandrake Roots Facts: Mysticism, Magic and Death

4 February 2024

What Is The Blarney Stone And Where Can You Find It?

Ann Massey McElroy

1 July 2013

Folklore Dark History

Hungry Grass tells horrific tales of the Irish Famine

Ann Massey McElroy

12 July 2013

Thriller (S5, E7): Murder Motel REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

1 August 2021

Ghosts and Hauntings

The Haunting of Donkey Wood, West London

18 October 2022

Ghosts and Hauntings

Mysterious Slamming Door at Dorset County Museum

29 March 2012

10 Weird Things about King James IV of Scotland

6 August 2018

The Tractate Middoth: Who Was Doctor Rant?

Matthew E. Banks

27 September 2018

The Corpse Bird: A Guide to Welsh Owl Folklore

21 June 2019

Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted Hotels and Pubs

Top 30 Most Haunted London Pubs Guide

19 April 2016

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