The Wrekin Giant, the monster who hated the people of Shrewsbury
The Wrekin Giant's grudge lead to him to create hills in Shropshire, says PHILIP DAVIES
How to use the Witch’s Rosary
Rosary beads aren’t something that is just limited to the Christian faith as PHILIP DAVIES finds out
Black dogs and other terrifying warnings of death
Guest writer K.B. GODDARD ponders the legends of portents of death around the Spooky Isles
The art of co-operating with fairies
AMY VAN CASTEELE says fairies can be helpful or problematic depending on how you deal with them...
What is a Selkie or Seal Bride?
AMY VAN DE CASTEELE reveals that not all Scottish fairiers are landlubbers...
Arthur Conan Doyle and the Cottingley Fairies
The Cottingley Fairies is a fascinating case, says NIA JONES
The Ying and Yang of Scottish Fairy Queens
AMY VAN DE CASTEELE reveals how stories of fairies differ greatly in different parts of Scotland
The Devil in Derbyshire
K.B. GODDARD explores Derbyshire's surprising folklore links with the devil...
How Finn McCool made the Giant’s Causeway
This Saint Patrick's Day, JANET QUINLIVAN tells the story behind one of Northern Ireland's Giant's Causeway
Pearlin' Jean: A Ghost Story Of Umpteen Variations
MJ STEEL COLLINS looks at Pearlin' Jean, Scottish ghost legend, which has many versions, each as scary as the other!
The Dark Side of Magic: Witches and the Sidhe
AMY VAN DE CASTEELE takes a look back at the time when witches and fairies were anything but the fodder of children's stories
Stoney Middleton’s Dark Past
Guest writer K.B. GODDARD takes a look at one of England's most spooky villages, Stoney Middleton in the Derbyshire Dales
6 Strangest Beings from Scottish Highland Folklore
MJ STEEL COLLINS reveals creatures that might be encountered in a good Highland folktale
The Sea Tombed Village of Singleton Thorpe
BARRY McCANN looks at fascinating story of the fabled submerged village of Singleton Thorpe reputedly near Blackpool in Lancashire
Boggart Hole Clough – what is a Boggart?
BECKY KEANE tells us about the Legend of Boggart Hole Clough in Manchester
The Evil Ghost Vicar of Ratcliff Wharf
EDDIE BRAZIL looks at the construction of urban folklore horror in the form of a murderous vicar from London's east end
Otta F Swire, Scotland’s Forgotten Folklorist
MJ STEEL COLLINS looks at the little known Scottish author Otta F Swire and her amazing Herbridean folktales
Big Cat Sightings of North West England
BECKY KEANE takes a look at mysterious big cat sightings in North West England
Britain’s weirdest May Day rituals
It's May Day so POLLYANNA JONES is going to tell us about some of the UK's more bizarre rites of spring
Beware of the Evil Changeling Child
Guest writer POLLYANNA JONES retells the Herefordshire folktale of The Fairy Changeling
6 Magical Places to Visit from the life of St Patrick
SARAH BLAIR-DICKINSON celebrates St Patrick's Day by pointing to the places important in the life of Ireland's patron saint
17 Things you didn’t know about Saint PatrickÂ
Celebrate St Patrick's Day with this list of things ANN O'REGAN thought you should know about Ireland's patron saint
Ireland’s 7 Darkest Goddesses that inspire revenge and death
Irish Goddesses are the perfect woman’s guide to revenge, infidelity, intoxication and death, says ANN MASSEY
The Deadly Lure of the Irish Femme Fatale
ANN MASSEY O'REGAN takes a look at the supernatural Irish Femme Fatale.
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