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The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley BOOK REVIEW

15 July 20234 May 2015 by Andrew Garvey
The Loney

ANDREW GARVEY says The Loney, shortlisted for the James Herbert Award, was beautifully written but he didn’t enjoy it

Categories Literature Tags Book Reviews, James Herbert Leave a comment

The Enfield Haunting Can’t Be Explained, Says Ghost Club Chairman

6 November 20233 May 2015 by Alan Murdie
Enfield Poltergiest

ALAN MURDIE examines The Enfield Haunting from the perspective of The Ghost Club, whose members Maurice Grosse and Guy Lyon Playfair were central to the case

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Enfield, Enfield Poltergeist, London, North London, Poltergeists, South-East England 1 Comment

Thomas Vaughan: Great Yarmouth’s Greatest Grave Robber

4 August 20232 May 2015 by Josie Palmer
Thomas Vaughan: Great Yarmouth's Greatest Grave Robber 1

JOSIE PALMER reveals Great Yarmouth has a dark history of body snatchers, the most famous being Thomas Vaughan

Categories Dark History, Cemeteries and Burial Places Tags Bodysnatching, East of England, Norfolk Leave a comment

Knowlton Henge, where Paganism and Christianity clashes

4 August 20231 May 2015 by Richard Phillips-Jones
Knowlton Henge

Knowlton Henge is one of Dorset’s hidden spooky treasures, says RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES

Categories Folklore Tags Dorset, South-West England 1 Comment

Chorley, Lancashire: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

6 October 20231 May 2015 by Becky Keane
Chorley, Lancashire: 5 Haunted Places to Visit 2

BECKY KEANE counts down five haunted places you can visit in Creepy Chorley…

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Places to Visit in England, Lancashire, North-West England 1 Comment

Lancaster: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

6 October 20231 May 2015 by Becky Keane
Lancaster: 5 Haunted Places to Visit 3

BECKY KEANE looks at some of the most haunted sites in Lancaster, the county town of Lancashire

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Places to Visit in England, Lancashire, North-West England 4 Comments

Britain’s Weirdest May Day Rituals

12 October 20221 May 2015 by Pollyanna Jones
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

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Sunderland: Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit

4 August 202330 April 2015 by LH Davies
Haunted Sunderland ghosts

Sunderland has many a grim and dark tale from its ancient history, says LH DAVIES.

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Places to Visit in England, North-West England, Tyne and Wear 2 Comments

Ireland’s Top 10 Haunted Hotels

6 October 202328 April 2015 by Ann Massey McElroy
Ireland's Top 10 Haunted Hotels 4

Want to spend a night in one of Ireland’s many haunted hotels? ANN MASSEY has picked the 10 spookiest to scare your bed socks off!

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Haunted Hotels, Ireland Leave a comment

11 Greatest Hammer Horrors Never Made

25 July 202328 April 2015 by Barry McCann
Hammer Horrors Never Made

BARRY McCANN ponders what might have been had Hammer followed through and produced these fabulous horrors

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Horror Film Lists Leave a comment

England’s 10 Most Notable Graves

4 August 202327 April 2015 by Nia Jones
England's 10 Most Notable Graves 5

NIA JONES takes us on a virtual walk among the tombstones with 10 of England’s Most Notable Graves

Categories Dark History, Cemeteries and Burial Places Tags Cemeteries, England, Highgate, London, Royalty, William Shakespeare Leave a comment

Preston: Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit

4 August 202327 April 2015 by Becky Keane
Preston: Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit 6

Preston in Lancashire has a long and dark history making for a great haunted city, BECKY KEANE says

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Places to Visit in England, Lancashire, North-West England 2 Comments

Tyrrell’s 19 rules for seeing the perfect ghost

22 July 202326 April 2015 by Guest Writer
Apparitions GNM Tyrrell

G.N.M. Tyrrell was a pioneer of paranormal research who developed theories still relevant today, guest writer DUNCAN WOOD says

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Ghost Hunting, Ghost Hunting Tips Leave a comment

Glasgow University ghosts: Students and Staff Tell All!

29 November 202126 April 2015 by MJ Steel Collins
Glasgow University ghosts: Students and Staff Tell All! 7

MJ STEEL COLLINS heads back to school to check out the ghosts of Glasgow University’s Gilmorehill Campus

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 2 Comments

The Irish Widow and her Real Life Scooby Doo Ghost Moment

10 March 202224 April 2015 by David Saunderson
The Irish Widow and her Real Life Scooby Doo Ghost Moment 8

A priest saved a widow from a ghostly conman in this Scooby Doo-like tale from 1800s Ireland

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Ireland, Limerick, Munster Leave a comment

Nosferatu 1922 REVIEW: Count Orlock’s vampire still chills

22 July 202324 April 2015 by Barry McCann
Nosferatu 1922 REVIEW: Count Orlock's vampire still chills 9

BARRY McCANN looks back on the grandaddy of all vampire films, the magnificent Nosferatu 1922

Categories Film Reviews Tags Dracula, Dracula Films, Nosferatu, Silent Horror Films, Vampire Films, Vampires Leave a comment

The Snarling Mixes Laughs With Old School Horror

4 August 202323 April 2015 by Pollyanna Jones
The Snarling

POLLYANNA JONES talks with director Pablo Raybould about his upcoming horror-comedy, The Snarling

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags West Midlands, Worcestershire Leave a comment

11 Terrifying Glasgow Subway Hauntings

6 October 202322 April 2015 by MJ Steel Collins
Glasgow haunted underground

MJ STEEL COLLINS reveals terrifying tales of the Glasgow subway train system that will give you the creeps

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Glasgow, Haunted Railways, Lanarkshire, Scotland 6 Comments

Does The Ghost Of Mary Shelley’s Sister Haunt Swansea?

6 August 202322 April 2015 by Guest Writer
Does The Ghost Of Mary Shelley's Sister Haunt Swansea? 10

KELLY HAMBLY tells us the tragic tale of how the author of Frankenstein’s sister committed suicide in Wales

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Mary Shelley, Swansea, Wales Leave a comment

Winston Churchill, Horror Writer

8 December 202119 April 2015 by Michael S. Collins
Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill, is reputed to be haunted

MICHAEL S. COLLINS shows us a different side to the wartime prime minister, Winston Churchill

Categories Literature 2 Comments

Death And Haunting In Fife with Gregor Stewart

1 April 202419 April 2015 by MJ Steel Collins
Gregor Stewart

MJ STEEL COLLINS talks to Fife-based paranormal author Gregor Stewart about his work

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Fife, Scotland 1 Comment

Indigo Children: Can Kids Communicate with the Dead?

14 January 202318 April 2015 by Becky Keane
Indigo Children

BECKY KEANE gives us an insight into the mysterious world of the Indigo Children

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Creepy Kids Week 1 Comment

Jennet Device, The Child Witch Who Killed The Pendle Witches

31 October 202318 April 2015 by Jon Kaneko-James
Ireland has witnessed many disturbing and nasty witch trials over its history

JON KANEKO-JAMES tell us the Pendle Witch executions were the result of the testimony of a little girl

Categories Dark History Tags Creepy Kids Week, Lancashire, North-West England, Pendle Witches, Witch Trials, Witchcraft 11 Comments

The Children 2008 REVIEW

24 December 202417 April 2015 by Richard Phillips-Jones
The Children 2008

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES reviews The Children 2008

Categories Film Reviews Tags Creepy Kids Week Leave a comment
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