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Halloween is coming!
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2 November 2025
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Halloween the Beginning: Ireland’s Cave of Cats
21 October 2023
Teanlay Night: A Fylde Coast Halloween
4 October 2023
Robert Burns’ Halloween: Haunting Origins of Tradition
12 October 2024
ghosts & hauntings
Ghosts wander Wardour Castle and its haunted forest
14 November 2018
Fisherman’s Cot, Home To Good And Evil Spirits
28 July 2019
Hunting Ghosts with Gatiss and Coles BBC RADIO 4 REVIEW
26 December 2022
horror & fantasy films
I Don’t Want To Be Born 1975 REVIEW
17 April 2015
The Terror of the Tongs 1961 REVIEW
27 August 2022
Zoltan Hound of Dracula 1977 REVIEW
13 December 2020
18 October 2013
14 Hammer Horror Actors Who Appeared in James Bond
1 October 2021
House of Frankenstein 1944 REVIEW
5 May 2014
television
Dracula BBC 2020 Episode Three: The Dark Compass REVIEW
5 January 2020
Mary King’s Close Most Haunted REVIEW
23 April 2021
The Alien Autopsy Scandal, A Very British Con
22 June 2026
Which UK Paranormal Reality Show Is The Best?
24 July 2014
The Nightmare Worlds of H. G. Wells REVIEW
20 October 2024
The Hardest Word: Ghosts BBC (S4, E3) REVIEW
11 December 2024
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Mermaid Of Zennor, Cornwall’s Mysterious Maritime Tale
21 November 2020
Who Was St Rumwold, England’s Baby Saint?
2 August 2012
23 July 2013
Encounters with the Devil: Myth, Trauma or Reality?
4 September 2024
The Orford Wild Man: Fact or Folklore?
19 September 2024
Peel Castle: Moddey Dhoo And Other Manx Tales of Terror
12 August 2023
Dark history
Ghostly Whispers from Haydock Lodge Asylum
24 September 2023
Murder and Martyrdom, 7 Irish Saints and Sinners
17 March 2016
9 September 2018
Was A Mummied Cat Buried In Secret Pendle Hill Witches’ Cottage?
12 September 2017
Psychic Uncovers Horror At The Wheatsheaf Pub
6 September 2022
Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman Executed in England
19 November 2024
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
Greater Manchester: A Hub of UFO Activity?
23 February 2023
Did Ancient UFOs Commit Alien Abductions in England in 664AD?
7 September 2022
UFOs over England with Nigel Wright VIDEO
21 May 2020
Attacked by a UFO: The Robert Taylor Incident
19 October 2019
UFOs Over Britain by Neil R Storey BOOK REVIEW
29 August 2025
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
What Is The Monstrous Big Grey Man Of Ben Mac Dhui?
25 October 2017
Do Real-Life Monsters Stalk Our Moors, Lakes And Mountains?
22 September 2019
St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster
8 November 2014
Where Have Alien Big Cat Been Spotted In Wales?
21 June 2019
The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
17 January 2025
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
The Dodleston Messages: A Mystery From The Beyond?
27 July 2022
Charles Jevington’s Mysterious Journey to the Stars
13 August 2022
Who are the Black Eyed Children?
13 April 2015
Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?
13 June 2012
Why Do Mystics, Misfits and Madmen Fascinate Us?
21 October 2023
