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The Battle of the Bloodsuckers: A Tale of Two Draculas
David Turnbull
8 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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Allantide and Apples: Halloween in Cornwall
27 October 2023
Hop tu Naa: A Isle of Man Celebration
26 October 2023
Samhain: A New Witch’s Perspective
30 October 2024
Halloween Monsters Crawl Out From Real Irish Folklore
6 October 2017
ghosts & hauntings
Torbay: Haunted Places To Visit
20 December 2020
Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel: Where Nature Meets The Supernatural
15 October 2018
Ghosts of Royal Arsenal, Woolwich
7 March 2020
Haworth: Five Haunted Places To Visit
11 January 2020
Whalley: A Ghostly Village Full of Haunting Tales
8 October 2024
horror & fantasy films
18 July 2012
Séance on a Wet Afternoon 1964 REVIEW
6 April 2022
26 July 2014
Trip To The Local Horror Cinema, Circa 1970
5 September 2014
31 October 2013
television
Thriller (S2, E2): Once The Killing Starts REVIEW
16 November 2019
Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW
1 January 2024
Carol For Another Christmas 1964 TV REVIEW
22 December 2021
Farewell Douglas Wilmer, TV’s Sherlock Holmes
3 April 2016
Christmas Carole 2022 TV REVIEW
9 December 2023
RAF East Kirkby Most Haunted REVIEW
25 October 2019
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Rain of Stones: A True Truro ‘Ghost’ Story
9 November 2023
Birch Trees Folklore: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
16 July 2023
How To Make An Authentic Turnip Jack o’Lantern for Halloween
15 October 2022
Ireland’s Fairy Forts and the Curse of Tara
17 May 2014
Green Children Of Woolpit Remains A Mystery
27 December 2012
Who Was St Rumwold, England’s Baby Saint?
2 August 2012
Dark history
Cromwell makes Devil pact to win Battle of Worcester
1 March 2017
Grissel Jaffray, Dundee’s Last Witch Burning
5 November 2014
John Horwood: Was Justice Served or Was He a Victim?
24 August 2025
Henry Trigg, the Grocer who Refused the Grave
7 January 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
Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW
11 November 2023
5 Unexplained UFO Sightings in London
30 June 2019
Flap Over Broad Haven UFO Encounters
23 August 2023
The Mince Pie Martians And The Housewife
21 September 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Two Great Beasts: Aleister Crowley And the Loch Ness Monster
28 November 2020
What Is The Loch Ness Monster?
5 November 2014
Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death
27 November 2016
How The Loch Ness Monster Was Used For Political Propaganda
15 February 2015
Loch Ness Monster Mania – 1933-style
18 May 2012
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis
26 March 2024
The Mysterious Angel of the Thames
23 July 2013
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
10 October 2023
Busby Stoop, Thirsk’s Cursed Chair
1 February 2023
