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My Real Phantom of the Opera: The Apollo Victoria Theatre

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Ballerina JENNI CHADNEY tells us about her real-life Phantom of the Opera experience at the Apollo Victoria Theatre
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Ghosts and Hauntings

Ghostly Secrets of Luton’s Wardown Park

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Wardown Park is a popular greenspace in Luton. Scratch under the surface and you'll soon discover an underbelly of paranormal activity
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Series 2 of Ghosts BBC kicks off with The Grey Lady, a hilarious and chaotic start, making it one of GEMMA JOHNSON's all-time favourite episodes

The Grey Lady: Ghosts BBC (S2, E1) REVIEW

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Series 2 of Ghosts BBC kicks off with The Grey Lady, a hilarious and chaotic start, making it one of GEMMA JOHNSON's all-time favourite episodes
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Carol For Another Christmas 1964 TV REVIEW

Welcome 20

What were the Death Tokens of Wales?

The Nightcomers 1971

The Nightcomers 1971 REVIEW

Eilean Mor

Eilean Mor’s Empty Lighthouse Mystery

Most Haunted fake or real?

Is Most Haunted Fake, Real Or Somewhere In Between?

Welcome 21

Many faces of Irene Adler, Sherlock’s “The Woman”

The Beatles

Top 10 Irish Supernatural Hotspots for Beatles Fans

Welcome 22

Dracula BBC 2020 Episode One: The Rules of the Beast REVIEW

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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire 1952 REVIEW

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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire would be long forgotten had it not been for Bela Lugosi's appearance in this lacklustre British comedy.
Quatermass 2

Quatermass 2 1957 REVIEW

Tales from the Crypt 1972

Tales From The Crypt 1972 REVIEW

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Tales That Witness Madness 1973 REVIEW

Blood flows thick and bright red in Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 REVIEW

Charles Laughton The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost 1944 REVIEW

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Targets 1968 REVIEW

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Berberian Sound Studio 2012 REVIEW

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Censor 2021 BLU-RAY REVIEW

FOLKLORE

ESOTERIC ARTS

HORROR FILMS

Illustrated Tales of Staffordshire by Helen Harwood

Illustrated Tales of Staffordshire: Helen Harwood Author Interview

The Wicker Tree 2011

The Wicker Tree 2011 REVIEW

Welcome 28

How to Use a Dowsing Rod to Find Water and Other...

Welcome 29

Mike Ricksecker: Shadow People & Ancient Aliens VIDEO

Robert Hallman

Essex Author Robert Hallmann Talks Ghosts and Dark History

Welcome 30

Tracey Everett, Paranormal Investigator Q&A

Reg Presley

The Night Reg Presley Told Me About Crop Circles And Alien...

London Stone

What is the London Stone?

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Aberdeen’s Thainstone Axe Murder of 1863

Welcome 32

St Ives, Cornwall: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Babes in the Woods

The Children of the Wailing Woods: A Visit to Watton

Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire: 13 Haunted Places To Visit

Shakespeare's Witches

Shakespeare And Witches: A Dark Fascination

Jonathan Scott Taylor in Damien: The Omen 2

Damien: The Omen 2 1978 REVIEW

Barnet Postcard

Barnet’s 10 Most Haunted Places To Visit

Ripper Street

Ripper Street: Victorian Shadows and Haunted Detectives

Welcome 33

Watford: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Hollinwell

All Fall Down: What was the Hollinwell Mystery?

Shoe superstitions and folklore

Shoe Superstitions: British and Irish Folklore Unlaced

Elvey Farm Pluckley

Elvey Farm Country Hotel: Pluckley’s Haunted Rooms

Welcome 34

Stoke-on-Trent: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Harry Price fake

Was Harry Price ghosthunter a Fake?

Ghosts of King's Lynn and West Norfolk Paul Lee

The Ghosts of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Skellig Michael

Ireland’s 7 Most Haunted and Mysterious Islands

Pevensey Castle

Pevensey Castle’s Haunting Melody of Ghostly Fear

The Green Inn, Llangedwyn

The Ghost Girl of Llangedwyn’s Green Inn

Lonely Hearts 2019

Lonely Hearts 2019 REVIEW

Ghost-in-Garlands

Does Liverpool Nightclub Video Show Supernatural Activity?

Jason Hawes TAPS

Jason Hawes Talks Irish Hauntings and Paranormal Reality TV

Welcome 35

The Black Room 1935 REVIEW

Walpurgis Night aka Walpurgisnacht

What is Walpurgis Night?

Welcome 36

Witching Time: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.1)

Lincoln Cathedral's St Anne's Well,

The Devil’s Breath: Lincoln Cathedral’s Sinister Legend of St Anne’s Well

Woodchester Mansion

Woodchester Mansion, A Haunted House Untouched By Time

Ballyseede Castle

Inside Ballyseede Castle, Ireland’s Most Haunted Hotel

Sherlock

Why TV’s Sherlock has lost the plot

The Cat and the Canary 1978

The Cat and The Canary 1978 REVIEW

The War of the Worlds

H.G Wells’ The War Of The Worlds: Sci-Fi Horror Ahead Of...

Haunted Sefton

Haunted Sefton: Merseyside’s Most Creepy!

Welcome 37

Gravestones And Ghosts at George And Dragon Pub, Shipley

Welcome 38

Doomflight by Guy N. Smith: BOOK REVIEW

Welcome 39

The Voice of Vrillon: A Hoax from Out of this World

Dracula by Bram Stoker: Thoughts on Chapter 10

Hop tu Naa

Hop tu Naa: A Isle of Man Celebration

Baby Butcher Baby Farmer Margaret Waters

Baby Farmers: Women Who Killed Infants For Cash

A scene from When Evil Came To Rochdale, a documentary on Channel 5

When Evil Came To Rochdale TV REVIEW

Conan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light

Conan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light REVIEW

Welcome 40

Thriller (S2, E4): One Deadly Owner REVIEW

Haunted Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy, Fife: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Theodore Paulsen from Terminus at Fenton Green

‘Most modern horror sucks’ says UK comic book writer Adam Cheal

Welcome 41

Stigma 1977 TV REVIEW

Sherborne Castle

Hauntings and Curses at Sherborne Castle, Dorset

Brentwood Essex

Brentwood, Essex: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

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5 Unexplained UFO Sightings in London

Here are some things you might not know about Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock: 13 Things You Didn’t Know

Enzo Cilenti in Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Enzo Cilenti interview: “Childermass is a Yorkshire Jedi”

The Baby in the Basket 2025

The Baby in the Basket 2025 REVIEW

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Cherry Tree 2015 REVIEW

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Why Was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Spiritualist?

Rentaghost

Rentaghost: Revisiting 1970s Spooky Comedy

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Dalston Hall Hotel: A Haunted Ghost Guide

Jimmy Page Lucifer Rising

Exploring Jimmy Page’s Lucifer Rising

Most Haunted - Mary King's Close

Belgrave Hall: Most Haunted REVIEW

Towneley Hall Postcard

Haunted Towneley Hall: Every Room Has A Ghost!

The haunted George Hotel is the ideal hotel to stay when exploring the royal county of Berkshire.

George Hotel Pangbourne, cursed by an vengeful witch!

Richard Moody from Tamworth Ghost Hunters

Richard Moody, Paranormal Investigator Interview

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Abergavenny Massacre Leaves Welsh Market Town Red With Blood

Ashley Darkwood at the Royal Standard in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

Auntie Peggy’s Ghost at The Royal Standard of England

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The Ice House 1978 REVIEW

Welcome 48

Legend of Old Crockern And The Right To Roam VIDEO

Soho London

Soho: 8 Haunted Places To Visit

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Electrickety! 10 Catweazle Facts You Didn’t Know

Lucy staked in Dracula

Top 5 Nastiest and Goriest Scenes from Dracula Novel

Bodelwyddan Castle

Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel: Where Nature Meets The Supernatural

Lots of surprises in Last Resort, the last episode of Ghosts BBC.

Last Resort: Ghosts BBC (S5, E6) EPISODE REVIEW

Welcome 50

Wrexham: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Hexham Heads

The Hexham Heads and the Werewolf

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West Midlands’ 30 Most Haunted Transport Links

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Vampire of the Villas Victim Choked on Garlic

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The Mark of Satan: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.13)

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Horror Pickers by Howard Jackson REVIEW

Welcome 55

Shadows of Pendle: Barry McCann author INTERVIEW

Grey Lady Ghosts

5 Scariest Grey Lady Ghosts That’ll Give You The Shivers!

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Peter Cushing and Horror Film Postage Stamps

The Volunteer, Haunted London Pub

Volunteer Baker Street: Profile of a haunted London pub

Mr Corbett's Ghost

Mr Corbett’s Ghost 1987 REVIEW

Welcome 57

Shadows (S2, E6): The Eye

Barry McCann and Now is the Night

Now is the Night: Barry McCann Author Interview

Welcome 58

Hertford: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Brede Place

Spooky Mysteries Surround Brede Place, East Sussex

Bartlow Hills

Bartlow Hills, the Pyramids of Essex

Welcome 59

Isle of Arran: 5 Haunted Places to visit

Eggs Supersitions

British Egg Superstitions and Folklore

Welcome 60

Batman versus Jack the Ripper

Looking for a howling good time? DAVID GELMINI tells us his top five British werewolf films everyone should see

Top 5 British Werewolf Films Of All Time

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Irish Zombies: A Bite of Superstition

Haunted Cardiff

10 Ghosts That Haunt Cardiff Castle

Irish Vampire

Halloween Monsters Crawl Out From Real Irish Folklore

Spooky Episodes in British Sitcoms

Ghosts and Giggles: Spooky Episodes in British Sitcoms

Psychic Medium

I’m a Psychic Medium and I Don’t Think We’ll Ever Prove...

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