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A Reluctant Vampire Episode 3 REVIEW

Literature

Fantasmagoriana: The Villa Diodati Ghost Story Challenge

Film Reviews

Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) REVIEW

Theatre and Live Events

Dr Fright’s Halloween Nights 2026, heavy metal and a lot of screaming

Paranormal Research

Carrying the torch: Two days with Chris McKinnell in Donegal

Ghosts & Hauntings

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Heol Fanog: The Truth Behind The Witch Farm Haunting

Earlshall Castle, Fife: A Haunted Guide

5 Haunted Bristol Pubs to Visit for Halloween

The Exorcism of Bobby Bawn of County Westmeath

Charleville Castle’s Friendly and Not-So-Friendly Ghosts

When the Pall Mall Gazette feared London was losing its ghosts

The Haunting Brontës of Haworth

Galleries of Justice and Viaduct Tavern: Great British Ghosts (S1, E5)

Edinburgh’s Dark October: Newington Cemetery Ghost

5 Haunted Pubs To Visit In The Fylde, Lancashire

Hartley Mauditt, The Ghost Village of Hampshire

The Witch Of Penny Lane, Liverpool

Worcester: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Sunderland: Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Forty Hall, Enfield’s Most Haunted Mansion

Horror Films & Television

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Mad Monster Party? 1967 REVIEW

Terry Sherwood

Thriller (S1, E2): Possession REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

10 Creepy Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

Spooky Isles

Cockneys vs Zombies 2012 REVIEW

Darren Chadwick-Hussein

Chislehurst Caves (Night 2), Most Haunted REVIEW

Ann Massey McElroy

The Dead Room 2018 TV REVIEW

Richard Markworth

The Cage and The Old Courthouse Inn: Great British Ghosts (S2, E1)

Christine Miller

Dead of Night (Devil’s Advocates) BOOK REVIEW

Stephen Jacobs

Dracula 1931 Spanish Version REVIEW

Guest Writer

Llancaiach Fawr Manor: Most Haunted REVIEW

Christine Miller

Ghosts BBC Series 1 (2019) Episode Guide

Christine Miller

Lot No 249 2023 TV Review

Richard Markworth

Chislehurst Caves (Night 1), Most Haunted REVIEW

Ann Massey McElroy

Ghost in the Water 1982 TV REVIEW

Richard Markworth

George Zucco: Manchester’s Forgotten Universal Horror Star

Terry Sherwood

Folklore

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Folklore

Dark origins of Halloween: The night the dead haunts the living

Folklore

Why Do We Celebrate Boxing Day?

Superstitions

Ladybirds Superstitions: The Luckiest of Beetles!

Folklore

Illustrated Tales of the Black Country by Helen Harwood BOOK REVIEW

Folklore

Legend of Old Crockern And The Right To Roam VIDEO

Folklore

Encounters with the Devil: Myth, Trauma or Reality?

Mysterious Creatures

5 Monstrous Black Dogs from British Folklore

Folklore

Who was St Patrick? We Profile Ireland’s Patron Saint

Superstitions

How The Welsh Bury Their Dead: Death Superstitions And Death in Wales

Folklore

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

Folklore

Lammas and Lughnasadh: Britain’s Ancient August Festival

Folklore

Britain’s Weirdest May Day Rituals

Dark History

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Cemeteries and Burial Places Ghosts and Hauntings

Ghosts and Gravestones of Haworth by Philip Lister REVIEW

Dark History Superstitions

What Happened On Friday the 13th July, 1894?

Dark History

Murder and Mystery on Arnish Moor

Dark History

Thames River Monsters Lurk In the Heart of London

Dark History Mysterious Creatures

The Allendale Wolf, a beast remembered in fire

Dark History

Isobel Gowdie, Witch of Auldearn

Dark History

Was A Mummied Cat Buried In Secret Pendle Hill Witches’ Cottage?

Dark History

Richard Cabell, Devon’s Most Notorious Squire

Dark History

Aleister Crowley Sites In England You Can Visit

True Crime

The Murder of The Colleen Bawn

True Crime

Did Spring-Heeled Jack murder Maria Davis?

True Crime

5 Grisliest Hebridean and Highland Murders Of The 19th Century

Paranormal

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Ghosts and Hauntings

Royal Tunbridge Wells: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Ghosts and Hauntings

The Dustman’s Ghost Still Gives Us A Shudder

Ghosts and Hauntings

Temple Newsam: Yorkshire’s Most Haunted House

Paranormal Research

Founders of paranormal research and the formation of the SPR

Ghosts and Hauntings

Johnny One-Arm: Edinburgh’s Restless Paranormal Avenger

Ghosts and Hauntings

Is Finchale Priory Durham’s Most Haunted Ruins?

Ghosts and Hauntings

Dover Castle’s Headless Drummer Boy and Other Phantoms

Paranormal Reality TV Paranormal Research Television

Chislehurst Caves (Night 1), Most Haunted REVIEW

Cemeteries and Burial Places Ghosts and Hauntings

How Ghosts Helped Discover Sutton Hoo’s Royal Treasure

Ghosts and Hauntings

Hideous Phantom Hag Hitchhiker Seduces Weary Welsh Drivers

Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted Hotels and Pubs

5 Haunted Pubs To Visit In Central London

Paranormal Reality TV Paranormal Research Television

Clerkenwell House of Detention Most Haunted REVIEW

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