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WELCOME TO SPOOKY ISLES
Television
Sapphire & Steel – Assignment I: Escape Through A Crack In Time 1979 REVIEW
Richard Phillips-Jones
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14 May 2025
Horror and Fantasy Films
Wicker Man Celebration Rekindles Folk Horror Magic in Newton Stewart
Barry McCann
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14 May 2025
Literature
The Vampyre (1810): John Staag’s Gothic Tale of Love, Death and the Undead
William Bove
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12 May 2025
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Whispering Mysteries of the Rollright Stones
9 May 2025
Lambeth’s Occult Secrets: David Turnbull Interview
5 May 2025
Black Dog of Ayrshire: Tragic Figure or Demon Dog?
5 May 2025
The Giaour: Byron’s Undead Curse and the Birth of the Gothic...
5 May 2025
10 Enchanting Secrets of the Hawthorn Tree
30 April 2025
Bartlow Hills, the Pyramids of Essex
23 April 2025
Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?
21 April 2025
Farringdon Station Haunting: The Tragic Tale of Anne Naylor
18 April 2025
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GHOST & HAUNTINGS >
Ghosts and Hauntings
Brown Lady of Raynham Hall: Hoax Or Haunting?
Josie Palmer
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5 May 2015
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The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is the subject of one of England's most iconic 'ghost' photos, Josie Palmer takes a look...
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My Real Phantom of the Opera: The Cockpit Theatre London
4 August 2023
Is St Barts in London, Britain’s Most Haunted Church?
4 August 2023
Lanarkshire: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
8 December 2021
Visit Spike Island, Ireland’s most haunted place for chills and thrills
3 August 2023
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Haunted Castles
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HORROR & FANTASY FILMS >
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed 1969 REVIEW
25 July 2023
The Haunting 1963: 10 Creepy Facts You Must Know
4 August 2023
Lust for a Vampire 1971 REVIEW
2 August 2023
The Frozen Dead 1966 REVIEW
12 October 2021
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TELEVISION >
Sapphire & Steel – Assignment I: Escape Through A Crack In...
14 May 2025
Why the UK Version of Ghosts Still Haunts Us – And...
11 April 2025
Chillingham Castle Most Haunted REVIEW
4 August 2023
Mark Gatiss and the Revival of A Ghost Story for Christmas
26 January 2025
Armchair Thriller (S1, E1-4): Rachel In Danger 1978 REVIEW
11 May 2024
Nigel Kneale: The Visionary Who Transformed TV Horror
27 October 2024
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GHOST HUNTING
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FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION >
Whispering Mysteries of the Rollright Stones
5 May 2025
Black Dog of Ayrshire: Tragic Figure or Demon Dog?
5 May 2025
Teanlay Night: A Fylde Coast Halloween
1 November 2023
The Lonely Shepherd And The Power Of The Welsh Folktale
7 August 2023
Meet Isle of Man Vampire, Matthew Hassal
12 September 2023
Discover Halloween’s Scottish Origins
1 November 2023
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DARK HISTORY >
Lambeth’s Occult Secrets: David Turnbull Interview
5 May 2025
Bartlow Hills, the Pyramids of Essex
18 April 2025
Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman Executed in England
17 November 2024
The Billinge Vampire Grave
3 November 2024
Blackbeard: The Ghostly Legend of Bristol’s Most Infamous Pirate
11 November 2024
Jemmy Whitehat: Witch Doctor of Heywood
1 November 2024
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LITERATURE >
The Vampyre (1810): John Staag’s Gothic Tale of Love, Death and the Undead
5 May 2025
The Giaour: Byron’s Undead Curse and the Birth of the Gothic Vampire
5 May 2025
A Guide to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban BOOK REVIEW
2 March 2022
A Good House for Children by Kate Collins BOOK REVIEW
21 December 2024
Neglected Monsters, or Why Frankenstein was a Terrible Father
12 October 2021
Top 10 James Herbert Books You Must Read
28 September 2023
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Dracula
Frankenstein
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
UFOS & ALIENS >
Paranormal: The Village That Saw Aliens TV REVIEW
8 July 2024
The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island
19 April 2024
Cedric Allingham’s Flyer Saucer: A UFO Hoax But A Good One
6 October 2023
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
30 September 2023
The Mince Pie Martians And The Housewife
21 September 2023
Neil Nixon: UFO Expert and Paranormal Investigator Interview VIDEO
25 February 2023
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CRYPTOZOOLOGY >
The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
10 November 2024
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
10 November 2024
Loch Ness Monster Mania – 1933-style
7 August 2023
What Is The Monstrous Big Grey Man Of Ben Mac Dhui?
7 August 2023
The Pig-Man Roams Cannock Chase
4 August 2023
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MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA >
Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?
18 April 2025
The Shadow Man Who Stalks Us
9 March 2025
The Time Slips of Bold Street, Liverpool
22 October 2023
My Experience With A Fetch
4 August 2023
The Mysterious Locked Room Death of Thomas Farrant
5 January 2023
Pype Hayes Park Murder Coincidences Mystify Experts
4 August 2023
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EDITOR'S PICKS
Television
The Demon Headmaster Keeps Us Spellbound!
Gemma Johnson
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9 May 2024
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The Demon Headmaster, an old-school spooky BBC kids show from the mid 1990s, has mesmerized our Junior Paranormal Events reviewers, writes GEMMA JOHNSON
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The New Inn and Chavenage House: Great British Ghosts (S1, E2)
17 June 2020
My Top 10 Frankenstein Films
29 October 2023
7 Times Ouija Board Experiences Went Bad
13 May 2018
Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Get Ready for Ghostly Fun!
1 July 2019
Chorley, Lancashire: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
1 May 2015
10 Enchanting Secrets of the Hawthorn Tree
30 April 2025
Do You Believe in Ghosts? FULL VIDEO
21 March 2017
Bury St Edmunds: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
7 January 2022
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Literature
I’m Dracula Author Bram Stoker’s Kindred Spirit: Neil R Storey
David Saunderson
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20 October 2023
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Dark History
London’s Forgotten Inferno: Great Fire of Southwark in 1212
Richard Clements
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31 May 2024
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Television
Who Do You Think You Are?: Ghosts BBC (S1, E1) REVIEW
Gemma Johnson
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1 April 2024
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Dark History
Keeper of the Heads: London Bridge’s Grim Custodian
Richard Clements
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21 May 2024
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Television
Free Pass: Ghosts BBC (S1, E4) REVIEW
Gemma Johnson
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30 May 2024
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Television
Nigel Kneale: The Visionary Who Transformed TV Horror
Brontë Schiltz
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30 October 2024
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Paranormal
Farringdon Station Haunting: The Tragic Tale of Anne Naylor
Spooky Isles Team
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18 April 2025
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Superstitions
British Egg Superstitions and Folklore
Spooky Isles Team
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29 December 2023
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Television
Gorilla War: Ghosts BBC (S1, E2) REVIEW
Gemma Johnson
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12 April 2024
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Ghosts and Hauntings
Hartley Mauditt, The Ghost Village of Hampshire
John S Tantalon
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13 July 2024
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Ghosts and Hauntings
Chesterfield: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
Spooky Isles Team
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27 December 2024
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Paranormal Research
Ghost Hunting for Kids: Junior Paranormal Events INTERVIEW
David Saunderson
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23 September 2023
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Television
Paranormal: The Village That Saw Aliens TV REVIEW
Neil Nixon
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8 July 2024
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Cryptozoology
Mystery Animals of The Lothians
Guest Writer
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4 June 2024
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Television
The Woodworm Men: Ghosts BBC (S3, E3) REVIEW
Gemma Johnson
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25 September 2024
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North Edinburgh Nightmares with John Tantalon VIDEO
David Saunderson
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30 November 2022
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John Tantalon, from North Edinburgh Nightmares, tells Spooky Isles ghostly tales from the Scottish capital.
Ghostly Tales from the Battle of Hastings
14 October 2024
Armchair Thriller (S1, E21-26): The Limbo Connection REVIEW
15 October 2024
Top 10 Best Boris Karloff Films
17 April 2012
Rosalie and the Séance that Spooked Harry Price
8 October 2022
Haunted Hampstead: A Ghostly Walking Tour
14 March 2017
Screaming Lord Sutch does Jack the Ripper
2 September 2012
Dublin’s Hellfire Club: A Disturbing History
8 September 2014
Millennial Killer 2020 REVIEW
25 May 2023
PARANORMAL
Ghosts and Hauntings
Sutton Scarsdale Hall And Its Spectres Revisited
Katie Doherty
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26 March 2012
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DARK HISTORY
Dark History
Was Sawney Bean Fact Or Fiction?
David Saunderson
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5 December 2011
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HORROR FILMS
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 REVIEW
Sarah Blair-Dickinson
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4 November 2014
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FILM REVIEWS >
The Mummy 1959 REVIEW
Adam Scovell
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14 August 2012
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ADAM SCOVELL reviews The Mummy (1959)
Legend of the Werewolf 1975 REVIEW
21 October 2022
Dust Devil 1992 REVIEW
3 April 2015
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 REVIEW
14 May 2014
Frankenhooker 1990 REVIEW
26 August 2024
Young Frankenstein 1974 REVIEW
9 September 2017
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? 1971 REVIEW
14 October 2013
The Rizen 2017 REVIEW
30 October 2017
Attack of the Herbals 2011 REVIEW
16 October 2012
FOLKLORE
Folklore
Thieves Cut Off St Nectan’s Head, But He Kept Going!
Jacob Milnestein
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14 June 2012
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ESOTERIC ARTS
Esoteric Arts
How to Use Scrying to Communicate with The Other Side
Kerry Greenaway
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11 October 2017
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HORROR FILMS
Horror and Fantasy Films
You’ve got to be Choking!
David Saunderson
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24 April 2012
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Why Do Mystics, Misfits and Madmen Fascinate Us?
Otta F Swire, Scotland’s Forgotten Folklorist
Haunted Jersey’s top 5 most terrifying ghost legends
Lumley Castle Hotel, beware vengeful ghosts!
Woodvale Cemetery: Victorian Beauty and Crowley’s Final Farewell
The Dead Room 2018 TV REVIEW
In Search of the Paranormal: Skirrid Inn TV REVIEW
Frankenstein The True Story 1973 TV REVIEW
Hidden Magic Of Northumberland Fairies
In Search of Igor, Frankenstein’s Assistant
Ghost Stories 2018 REVIEW
10 Brutal Murders That Shocked London
Cardiff: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
How to do a Seance: Talking to the Spirits Safely
Hauntings and Curses at Sherborne Castle, Dorset
Why I love Peter Cushing, by Marcus Brooks
English Witches Take on Hitler: The Story of Operation Cone of...
Guy Lyon Playfair talks on Enfield Poltergeist
Bela Lugosi Haunted By Dark Past In Hungary
British Werewolves in Music
The Corpse Bird: A Guide to Welsh Owl Folklore
Haunted Towneley Hall: Every Room Has A Ghost!
The Exorcism of Michael Taylor
Christabel: Coleridge’s Unfinished Vampire Poem
Discover London’s Creepiest And Most Haunted Museums
County Sligo: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
The Haunting Truth of the Ancient Ram Inn
Ghost Children That Will Give You The Creeps
13 Belfast Creepy Facts That May Shock You!
Hazel Court Horror Queen BOOK REVIEW
Scotland’s Most Haunted Whisky Distilleries
Camberwell’s Machete-Wielding, Pram-Pushing Ghost
The Beast Must Die 1974 REVIEW
Visitor from the Grave: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.11)
7 Things You Didn’t Know About Sax Rohmer’s Dr Fu Manchu
Shug Monkey Strikes Fear Into Cambridgeshire
Bram Stoker Festival: Dublin’s Alive with the Dead
Celebrating St John’s Eve in England
Top 5 Spaced Horror Film References
The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue 1974 REVIEW
Nightbreed 1990 The Cabal Cut REVIEW
White Lady of Blenkinsopp Castle Guards Hidden Treasure
Meet The Paragals, Wexford Paranormal Team
The Lifted Veil by George Eliot – a few thoughts
10 Tips to Start Ghosthunting On Your Own
Who was Susan Willis Fletcher, Convicted Spiritualist Fraud?
Ah-Hoo, Werewolves Of London! A Study In Lycanthropy
Paranormal Lockdown Calls Time At The Royal Oak Pub
Peter Laws On Why We Love Being Scared! VIDEO
Happy Friday the 13th, Roald Dahl!
The Book of Were-Wolves: Sabine Baring-Gould’s Howling Classic
Spooky Isles Halloween Radio Show 2021
Jennet Device: Whatever Happened To The Pendle Witch Child?
Is The Brummy Vampire Monster Or Myth?
23 Mysterious British Holy Wells
Mary Jane Kelly, Jack the Ripper’s Final Victim
The Haunting Of The Old Church House Inn, Devon
Della Farrant reviews The Curse of The Highgate Vampire
Dracula BBC 2020 Episode One: The Rules of the Beast REVIEW
Mystery of the Rufus Stone, New Forest
The Ghosts Of M.R. James: A Guide To Curious Phantoms
The Phantom Of The Eclipse Inn, Winchester
Haunted Wicklow Gaol Paranormal Lockdown
Grenadier Pub London and its Ghostly Gambler
Sir Richard Grenville, Phantom Admiral of the Scilly Isles
Alanbrooke Hall, Belfast’s Uncanny Haunting
Malachi Martin: 20 Shocking Things About Hostage To The Devil’s Irish...
Who Is The Bogeyman And Where Did He Come From?
Islandmagee, Witchtrials, Devil Worship and Ghost Hunting
Top 10 Strange Ireland Place Names
Underworld 2003 REVIEW
Thriller (S6, E7): Death In Deep Water REVIEW
10 Spooky Facts About St George’s Day
Queen Mary Part 2, Most Haunted REVIEW
Moonah Ston: Ghosts BBC (S1, E5) REVIEW
Straw Dogs 1971 REVIEW
Curry Mallet Manor House, An Actively Haunted House!
The Hampstead Horror: Hunting Dracula in NW3
The Trap Door Still Captures The Imagination
Who Was Jack O’Kent, The Welsh Doctor Faustus?
Spooky Christmas Folklore You Need to Know!
10 Creepiest Ireland Burials
Ghostwatch: A Legacy of Horror
England’s Top 5 Haunted Railway Stations
5 Haunted Pubs To Visit In Central London
The Dark Eyes of London (1939) REVIEW
Who were the Witches of Belvoir?
100 Years of BBC Horrors: Auntie’s Dark Corners!
The London Monster: A Tale of Terror and Hysteria
Taste the Blood of Dracula 1970 REVIEW
Thistle: 10 Superstition Folklore You Should Know
Last Sunday in August is Eyam’s Plague Sunday
Psychic Uncovers Horror At The Wheatsheaf Pub
10 Scariest Banshee Hauntings in Ireland
Craig y Nos, Most Haunted REVIEW
Nottinghamshire’s Top 10 Haunted Places To Visit
Green Children Of Woolpit Remains A Mystery
Jennet Device, The Child Witch Who Killed The Pendle Witches
A Warning To The Curious 1972 REVIEW
The Clock House, Most Haunted REVIEW
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