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The Forgotten Ghost of Windermere: How the Claife Crier Inspired a Novel
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21 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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10 Great Monster Songs For Your Halloween Party!
9 October 2020
Samhain: A New Witch’s Perspective
30 October 2024
Headless Horsemen and Halloween: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
4 September 2022
Halloween Poems to Read by Candlelight 2025
4 October 2025
ghosts & hauntings
Decoding Paranormal Frights: Could They Be Warnings?
20 July 2026
Devon’s 10 Most Haunted Places To Visit
15 March 2022
Haunted Cyfarthfa Castle: Bogeymen in Merthyr Tydfil
30 December 2023
Gravestones And Ghosts at George And Dragon Pub, Shipley
31 August 2019
30 Haunted Schools of England: Ghosts in the Classroom
2 September 2025
horror & fantasy films
The Masque of the Red Death 1964 REVIEW
9 June 2013
Quatermass and the Pit 1967 REVIEW
9 July 2012
13 October 2017
Daughter of Darkness: The Horror Films of Chloe Franks
19 April 2024
Top 10 Classic British Zombie Films You Shouldn’t Miss!
20 November 2016
television
When Evil Came To Rochdale TV REVIEW
30 April 2024
Thriller (series 1, episode 8): File It Under Fear (1973) REVIEW
27 January 2017
Top 5 Spaced Horror Film References
24 November 2022
The Enfield Poltergeist Apple TV+ REVIEW
7 November 2023
Lady Sybil, Supernatural 1977 (Ep5)
18 September 2023
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
St Armel, a Saint of Arthurian greatness
26 July 2012
10 Mandrake Roots Facts: Mysticism, Magic and Death
4 February 2024
Olympic Mascot John Dee Occult Link
15 April 2012
The Tragic Tale of Glasgow’s Bob Dragon
9 September 2013
Gerald Gardner: A Very British Witchcraft REVIEW
18 August 2013
Cryptid Worms: Legend and Lore
4 January 2019
Dark history
The Exorcism of Michael Taylor
14 February 2024
Dark Legends Of Betty’s Grave, Gloucestershire
12 April 2023
What Happened to the Princes in The Tower?
16 April 2015
Taphephobia, The Fear of Being Buried Alive!
1 September 2012
6 Essential Jack the Ripper Books for Beginners
4 November 2013
The Possession Of Richard Dugdale, The Surey Demoniac
18 March 2022
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
Did Ancient UFOs Commit Alien Abductions in England in 664AD?
7 September 2022
The Alien Autopsy Scandal, A Very British Con
22 June 2026
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
The Man-Monkey of Shropshire Union Canal
26 January 2022
Where Have Alien Big Cat Been Spotted In Wales?
21 June 2019
Trewint Tor: A Tale Of Scaredy Cats On Bodmin Moor
19 August 2020
The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
17 January 2025
What Is The Monstrous Big Grey Man Of Ben Mac Dhui?
25 October 2017
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
10 October 2023
How Hypnosis Helped Me to See a Ghost
24 April 2012
Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen
9 September 2024
Christmas Eve Tale of Crisis Apparitions in Waterford and Cork
23 December 2022
The Dodleston Messages: A Mystery From The Beyond?
27 July 2022
