Spooky Isles has been recording paranormal investigators, authors, folklorists, horror creators and people close to famous supernatural cases for years. This archive brings our original interviews, talks, video and audio together in one place.
Original Spooky Isles material: interviews and recordings made for Spooky Isles, part of our independent coverage of ghosts, folklore, horror and dark history since 2011.
Ghosts, hauntings and paranormal investigation
Danny Robins
The creator and presenter behind The Battersea Poltergeist talks to Spooky Isles about the case and 2:22 A Ghost Story.
Steve Parsons
A concise history of British ghost hunting, from Harry Price to modern digital investigation.
Dylan Jones
The experienced spontaneous-case investigator discusses modern paranormal groups and the media.
Christian Jensen Romer
The ASSAP chairman talks about the scientific study of anomalous phenomena.
Jamaica Inn Paranormal Team
Karin Beasant and Gem Tredwin discuss investigating one of Cornwall’s best-known haunted locations.
Leigh Watson
The long-running Cambridge ghost-tour guide discusses the city’s ghosts and the stories behind her walks.
Major cases and strange phenomena
David Farrant
Our 2014 audio interview with one of the central figures in the Highgate Vampire story and British paranormal investigation.
Evelyn Hollow
The paranormal researcher discusses the Battersea Poltergeist and her work on the BBC podcast.
Dr Ann Winsper
A researcher of time-slip reports discusses accounts in which witnesses say the past and present appeared to collide.
Neil Nixon
A beginner’s guide to UFO reports and why unidentified aerial phenomena continue to fascinate.
Folklore, horror and the people who create it
Stephen Volk
The writer of the controversial BBC drama Ghostwatch looks back at its impact.
Graham Humphreys
The celebrated British horror artist discusses his poster work and Nightmare on One Sheet.
Helen JR Bruce
Folklore and wartime witchcraft meet in the story of Operation Cone of Power.
Rev Lionel Fanthorpe
Paranormal broadcaster Lionel Fanthorpe remembers Fortean TV and decades of strange investigations.
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This page is a starting point rather than a complete catalogue. Our Videos archive contains dozens more interviews, talks, ghost stories and specialist conversations.
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Why the archive matters
Ghost stories often change as they are retold. Wherever possible, Spooky Isles tries to preserve the voices of investigators, witnesses, researchers and creators themselves, while keeping reported claims separate from established historical fact.
That first-hand material will increasingly be linked directly from our haunted-place database, regional guides and major case pages so readers can move from a location or story to the people who researched or experienced it.
Read our approach to sources, eyewitness accounts and paranormal claims.