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!

The Hanging Cell, Walton Jail’s Chilling Ghost Legend

4 August 2026

Margaret Clitherow of York: Crushed to Death on Ouse Bridge

27 July 2026

Lammas and Lughnasadh: Britain’s Ancient August Festival

26 July 2026

Anne Askew and the Brutal Reality of Execution in 1546

15 July 2026

Who is the Little Girl Ghost of Chester’s Queen Hotel?

13 July 2026

Lewes: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

8 July 2026

Lychgates, Britain’s Forgotten Gates of the Dead

3 July 2026

When the Pall Mall Gazette feared London was losing its ghosts

27 June 2026

13 of Queen Elizabeth I’s victims still haunting England

24 June 2026

The Each‑Uisge: Scotland’s Shape‑Shifting Water Monster

19 June 2026

The Major Oak: The Story of Robin Hood’s Legendary Tree

18 June 2026

How to Celebrate the Magic of Midsummer

15 June 2026

Join us for Spooky Isles Midsummer Eve Social Gathering (20 June 2026)

14 June 2026

Ghost Stories in Reading: Hauntings and Creepy Legends

12 June 2026

Clacton-on-Sea: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

8 June 2026

Did Spring-Heeled Jack murder Maria Davis?

2 June 2026

Ghost House Lane, the secret behind the name

27 May 2026

Peter Sellers and the Ghost of Dan Leno in Kennington

22 May 2026

Who Was The Last Executed Witch In England?

20 May 2026

10 Medieval Death Rituals from England’s Past

18 May 2026

How to Spot a Fairy Tree in Ireland

17 May 2026

St Dymphna: The Irish Princess Who Fled a Mad King

15 May 2026

Maggie Osborne and the Malt Cross Curse

13 May 2026

The Cornish Dream that foretold a Prime Minister’s Assassination

11 May 2026