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Madame Blavatsky in London: The Woman Who Reshaped the Occult

14 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Madame Blavatsky in London: The Woman Who Reshaped the Occult 1

Madame Blavatsky’s years in London transformed modern occultism, sparked spiritual debates, and introduced Eastern wisdom to the West

Categories Esoteric Arts Tags London, Occult Leave a comment

Haunted Deansgate: Secrets Beneath Manchester’s Historic Mile

11 July 202510 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Deansgate Manchester

Beneath Manchester’s bustling Deansgate lie plague pits, ghost sightings, and suspicious canal drownings. It’s a mile steeped in secrets and chilling legends

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Central Manchester, Greater Manchester, North-West England Leave a comment

Haunting Secrets at Ireland’s Lismore Heritage Centre

9 July 2025 by Ann Massey McElroy
Lismore Heritage Centre

Lismore Heritage Centre in County Waterford unveils chilling secrets as paranormal investigators explore the haunted former courthouse and jail, writes ANN MASSEY McELROY

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Ireland, Munster, Waterford Leave a comment

Ely: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

9 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Ely Cathedral

Ely, a small cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, is home to several haunted places that are sure to give you a scare, from ghostly apparitions to unexplained noises.

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Cambridgeshire, East of England, Haunted Places to Visit in England Leave a comment

Tiddy Mun: The Bog Spirit of Lincolnshire

7 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Tiddy Mun

Before the fens were fields, the people of Lincolnshire spoke of Tiddy Mun, a spirit older than the land, a shadow in the mist, a voice in the water

Categories Mysterious Creatures Tags East Midlands, Lincolnshire Leave a comment

Was The Wicker Man 2006 Remake a Pagan Spell or Bee Cult Fail?

5 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
The Wicker Man 2006

The Wicker Man (2006) misses the primal pagan magic of the 1973 original, turning into an off-mark feminist beehive thriller, says MARK LINDSEY EARLEY

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28 Years Later 2025 REVIEW

3 July 2025 by William Bove
28 Years Later Poster

Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later elevates the franchise with a haunting blend of raw horror, superb performances, and unsettling new threats that redefine the infected apocalypse, writes WILLIAM BOVE

Categories Film Reviews Tags Zombie Films Leave a comment

La Belle Dame Sans Merci: John Keats’ Haunting Romance

29 June 202529 June 2025 by William Bove
John Keats

La Belle Dame Sans Merci reveals John Keats’ fascination with the tragic interplay between beauty, love and death, writes WILLIAM BOVE

Categories Literature Tags Poetry Leave a comment

Haunted Colwick Hall Hotel Echoes with Ghosts

28 June 2025 by Spooky Isles
Colwick Hall, Nottingham

Colwick Hall Hotel in Nottingham, steeped in political history and tragic love, is said to be haunted by the ghosts of its past residents — and guests still report chilling encounters today

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags East Midlands, Haunted Hotels, Nottinghamshire Leave a comment

William Blake’s The Sick Rose Casts Dread and Bloom

25 June 2025 by William Bove
The Sick Bloom by William Blake

The Sick Rose, William Blake’s haunting poem, offers an impassioned exploration of its symbolism, sensuality, and timeless themes, writes WILLIAM BOVE

Categories Literature Tags Poetry, William Blake Leave a comment

9 Haunted Castles in England You Can Visit

23 June 202523 June 2025 by Spooky Isles
Corfe Castle

Explore some of the National Trust’s most haunted castles – places where ghosthunters would be drawn to eerie tales, chilling sightings, and lingering spirits from the past

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Vicars Close, Wells: The Street That Time Forgot

21 June 202521 June 2025 by Spooky Isles
Vicars Close, Wells, Postcard

Vicars’ Close in Wells, Somerset, is Europe’s oldest inhabited street and a place where ghostly encounters and timeless architecture blend into a hauntingly atmospheric experience

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Somerset, South-West England Leave a comment

The Outcasts 1982 REVIEW

20 June 202520 June 2025 by Jason D. Brawn
The Outcasts 1982

The Outcasts 1982 is a haunting and lyrical tale of Irish myth, rural oppression, and spiritual awakening, writes JASON D BRAWN

Categories Film Reviews Tags Folk Horror, Irish Horror Films Leave a comment

10 Grisly Victorian Murders That Weren’t Jack the Ripper

20 June 2025 by Spooky Isles
Pimlico Poisoning

Think Jack the Ripper was bad? These gruesome Victorian murders slipped through the cracks of history — but they’re even more twisted, shocking, and stomach-churning than anything from Whitechapel…

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The Baby in the Basket 2025 REVIEW

11 June 202511 June 2025 by Terry Sherwood
The Baby in the Basket 2025

The Baby in the Basket 2025 brings vintage scares, haunting performances and atmospheric dread back from the crypt, writes TERRY SHERWOOD

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Murder and Dripping Fat: Kate Webster Horrors

7 June 20257 June 2025 by Spooky Isles
Kate Webster Murderer

In 1879, Kate Webster shocked Victorian England by murdering her Richmond employer Julia Martha Thomas, impersonating her, and leaving behind a tale as grisly as any horror film…

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Haunted Waters of the Roman Baths of Bath

2 June 2025 by Spooky Isles
Roman Baths of Bath

Discover the haunted history and ghostly legends of the Roman Baths in Bath, where ancient springs and sacred rituals echo through time

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Somerset, South-West England Leave a comment

Ring of Brodgar: Orkney’s Ancient Circle of Mystery

31 May 2025 by Spooky Isles
Ring of Brodgar

If you’re drawn to ancient monuments and atmospheric landscapes, the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney offers a powerful glimpse into Britain’s prehistoric past

Categories Folklore Tags Ancient Sites, Orkney, Scotland, Stone Circles Leave a comment

The Unquiet Grave Reminds Us: Let the Dead Rest

27 May 202527 May 2025 by Spooky Isles
The Unquiet Grave

The Unquiet Grave is a haunting folk ballad exploring the chilling consequences of grief that clings too tightly to the dead

Categories Music Tags Murder Ballads Leave a comment

The Count Speaks: Inside The Lost Diaries of Dracula

26 May 2025 by Guest Writer
D The Lost Diaries of Dracula

Author Aiden Truss reimagines Dracula’s tale through the vampire’s own hilariously bleak diary in D: The Lost Diaries of Dracula, writes HAUNTED CHARLIE HALL

Categories Literature Tags Dracula 1 Comment

Tales from the Necropolis, Liverpool Ghost Tour REVIEW

23 May 2025 by Guest Writer
Tales from the Necropolis

SU WILLIAMS explores the spine-tingling Tales from the Necropolis tour through Liverpool’s haunted St James’s Cemetery

Categories Cemeteries and Burial Places, Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Cemeteries, Dark Tourism, Ghost Tours, Liverpool, Merseyside, North-East England Leave a comment

St Mary’s at Lambeth: Grimoires, Graves and Curiosities

23 May 2025 by David Turnbull
St Marys at Lambeth 1850

St Mary’s at Lambeth reveals a hidden world of occultists, curiosities and bizarre legends, writes DAVID TURNBULL

Categories Cemeteries and Burial Places Tags Occult Leave a comment

9 Fascinating Facts About Elm Superstitions in the UK and Ireland

21 May 2025 by Spooky Isles
Elm Tree

Discover nine fascinating facts about the superstitions and myths surrounding elm trees in the UK and Ireland, from their ties to the underworld to their role in dreams and astrology

Categories Superstitions Tags Trees and Plants Leave a comment

Sapphire & Steel – Assignment I: Escape Through A Crack In Time 1979 REVIEW

14 May 2025 by Richard Phillips-Jones
Sapphire & Steel - Assignment I: Escape Through A Crack In Time 1979 REVIEW 2

Opening his full episode guide, RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES looks at the story that started it all for Sapphire & Steel, Assignment I: Escape Through A Crack In Time.

Categories Television Tags Episode Guides and TV Retrospectives, ITV, Sapphire & Steel 2 Comments
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