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Barry McCann

Barry McCann

BARRY McCANN is a writer, speaker, performer and broadcaster. He regularly writes short stories for the Lancashire Evening Post and was recently included in the anthology His Red Eyes Again, published by The Dracula Society (and available on Amazon.) He regularly appears on BBC Radio Lancashire and is the Folklore Correspondent on BBC Radio Cumbria. He has also hosted two Ingrid Pitt - Queen of Horror Festivals in Hastings, having previously worked for the legendary actress as her researcher.

Latest from Barry McCann

Pendle Witches Guide: Where In The Hill To Find Them
The Curse of Peg O’Neil’s Ghost – a beheading won’t stop her!
Did a Boggart or Headless Lady cause traffic accident?
Discover Meg Shelton, the Witch of Woodplumpton’s spooky grave
Lancashire’s Phantom Road Victim Scares Drivers
Curse of the Brampton Witch’s Tea Set
Who ‘Invented’ The Christmas Ghost Story?
The Sea Tombed Village of Singleton Thorpe
Dennis Wheatley on Film
The Lost Will of Dr Rant (NBC, 1951) marks early MR James TV adaptation
Who Was The Real Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins?
Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires 1974 REVIEW
11 Greatest Hammer Horrors Never Made
Nosferatu 1922 REVIEW: Count Orlock’s vampire still chills
El Conde Dracula 1970 REVIEW
Did ‘Drakula halála’ predate Nosferatu as first Dracula film?
Pendle Hill Special Most Haunted Live Halloween 2004 REVIEW
Would watching London after Midnight be a let down?
How the Samlesbury Witches escaped the hangman’s noose

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