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Thornton Road, the Birmingham street that became a nightmare
Spooky Isles
22 August 2026
The Angels of Mons: Ghostly guardians of the Great War
Spooky Isles
19 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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Teanlay Night: A Fylde Coast Halloween
4 October 2023
Inside Number 9: ‘Dead Line’ Live Halloween Special 2018 REVIEW
29 October 2018
Halloween Poems to Read by Candlelight 2025
4 October 2025
ghosts & hauntings
Old Scarlett, Peterborough’s Spookiest Gravedigger
19 March 2025
Haunting of Blue Jimmy, West Dorset’s Gentleman Thief
28 October 2024
Gartloch Hospital: Glasgow’s Haunted Asylum Revealed
13 August 2023
Grenadier Pub London and its Ghostly Gambler
19 December 2011
horror & fantasy films
17 October 2017
Sean Hogan: ‘To Fire You Come At Last’ INTERVIEW
5 September 2023
Attack of the Herbals 2011 REVIEW
16 October 2012
Devil’s Playground 2010 REVIEW
10 March 2016
17 April 2015
Andy Stewart Erupts about Dysmorphia
12 August 2012
television
Armchair Thriller (S1, E15-20): Quiet As A Nun 1978 REVIEW
3 October 2023
Derek Acorah’s 5 Most Outrageous Television Moments
16 April 2020
Treasure Holt, Essex, Most Haunted REVIEW
31 August 2019
22 June 2019
Thriller (series 1, episode 9): The Eyes Have It (1973) REVIEW
23 February 2017
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Ireland’s Púca Festival: A Different Kind of Halloween
27 October 2024
A Guide to British Dragon Slayers
15 October 2014
The Outcast Dead: Unconsecrated Burials in the Midlands
15 March 2023
Beware The Bullbeggar of Creech Hill!
15 November 2022
Secret Devil’s Standing Stones In Marston Moretaine
11 July 2019
Dark history
7 Victorian Poisoners And Their Shocking Crimes
22 March 2023
20 Strange London Underground Things You Didn’t Know
8 September 2013
CSI Exchange Street: The Murder of Brother Francis
6 November 2012
17 August 2013
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
UFOs Over Britain by Neil R Storey BOOK REVIEW
29 August 2025
Winston Churchill WW2 UFO coverup exposed!
17 June 2019
4 Sceptical Reasons Against Alien Abduction
21 June 2019
The Voice of Vrillon: A Hoax from Out of this World
15 June 2022
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW
1 January 2024
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
Mystery Animals of The Lothians
4 June 2024
Is Bolam Lake home to Northumberland’s Man-Beast?
29 September 2013
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
10 March 2025
Time Slips with Dr Ann Winsper INTERVIEW
16 February 2022
Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen
9 September 2024
‘Help Me, Help Me! Suzie’s Dying!’
2 October 2022
Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?
13 June 2012
