Spooky Isles

The Spooky Isles team has been bringing you the best in the best in ghosts, horror and dark history from the UK and Ireland since 2011!

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Ghost Stories in Reading: Hauntings and Creepy Legends
Did Spring-Heeled Jack murder Maria Davis?
Ghost House Lane, the secret behind the name
Peter Sellers and the Ghost of Dan Leno in Kennington
Who Was The Last Executed Witch In England?
10 Medieval Death Rituals from England’s Past
How to Spot a Fairy Tree in Ireland
St Dymphna: The Irish Princess Who Fled a Mad King
Maggie Osborne and the Malt Cross Curse
The Cornish Dream that foretold a Prime Minister’s Assassination
Harlow Ghost Tour: Walk Among the Spirits of Essex
Banshees of Dublin: Death Cries in Irish Streets
Discovering Elsa Lanchester, the original Bride of Frankenstein
London Burkers: How Resurrectionists Turned To Murder
13 Spooky Things You Need to Know About Grimoires
Bell Lane Water Spook Remains Leicester’s Strangest Mystery
7 Vinegar Superstitions You Show Know
Ghosts of St Mary’s Lighthouse, Whitley Bay
Haunted Places to Visit in Maldon, Essex
Beaumaris, Wales: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
The Charing Cross Trunk Murder: London’s Gruesome Parcel of Horror
Carlisle’s Cursing Stone: Art, History or Harbinger of Misfortune?
Meet Gytrash, Yorkshire’s Black Dog of Death